Two Salina City commissioners expressed support for considering whether to increase taxes following a extensive presentation on the city’s finances Monday evening.
Salina’s sales tax revenue is down 3.78 percent this year compared to 2018, and the commission is in the process of considering several multimillion dollar projects with a total price tag of $37.8 million.
City Manager Mike Schrage said the commission could still take on some of the projects if they are willing to raise taxes.
“I realize we have a long history of not raising the mill rate at all, or very incrementally,” he said. “But if you are, as a governing body, very committed to some of these projects, they are not out of reach. It’s a priority decision you are lucky enough to get to make.”
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