McMinnville’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen will receive its first look at a proposed budget for fiscal year 2017-18 on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. during its regular session.
Remaining unchanged from last year’s budget is the property tax rate, which remains at $2.08.
Officials included a salary increase for city employees. Along with a 2.5 percent step increase, they will receive a 1 percent cost-of-living adjustment.
Street paving, which has endured a bumpy road during the budget process, is now set at $750,000. It originally started at $1 million, was reduced to $100,000, increased to $500,000, and increased again to $750,000. That amount is estimated to pave 22 streets during the 2017-18 year.
Pedestrians could also receive an upgrade, if the budget remains unchanged. Sidewalk improvement is set at $60,000, with that amount expected to be divided equally between refurbishing existing sidewalks and building new ones.
Proposed departmental budgets:
• Administration, $2.3 million
• Police Department, $3.5 million
• Fire Department, $2.4 million
• Planning and Zoning, $389,970
• Public Works, $3 million
• Vehicle Maintenance, $311,210
• Animal Control, $106,370
• Parks and Recreation, $2.3 million
• Park Theater, $440,150
•Landscape Manage-ment, $228,650
The budget also included $347,375 earmarked as donations to local nonprofit organizations, an increase of $33,896 from the previous year.
McMinnville’s cash balance as of June 30, 2017 is $6.7 million and $12.3 million in revenue is estimated to be received during the upcoming fiscal year, for total operating revenue of $19 million. Operating expenses total $15.2 million, which leaves $3.8 million as a projected cash balance as of June 30, 2018.
The proposed budget was unanimously approved throughout the process. However, final approval is needed by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and changes can still be made.