La Center is proposing a $7.7 million budget for 2016, a slight increase in spending despite lower tax revenues.
“This budget provides a reasonable approach to sustaining services even with declining revenues,” Mayor Jim Irish wrote.
Spending in 2015 was estimated at just short of
$6 million.
The rise is driven by about $1.2 million in capital expenditures, such as the grant-funded roundabout at Fourth Street and Pacific Highway. The budget also has a slight uptick in the general fund, which is largely financed by the city’s gambling taxes. Those revenues have fallen in the past several years.
A public hearing on the budget is set for 7 p.m. today at La Center City Hall, 214 E. Fourth St.
