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ASSEMBLY AGENDA/MANAGER'S REPORT
THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU, ALASKA

Ordinance 2021-10 An Ordinance Establishing the Rate of Levy for Property Taxes for Calendar Year 2021 Based Upon the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2022.

MANAGER'S REPORT:

This ordinance establishes the mill rates for property taxes for 2021, which funds a significant portion of the City and Borough of Juneau’s FY22 operating budget. The Charter requires the Assembly to adopt, by ordinance, the tax levies necessary to fund the budget before June 15.

 

The mill levies presented in this ordinance support the Manager’s FY22 Revised Budget as amended by the Assembly Finance Committee (AFC). As part of the budget review process, the AFC reviews, amends and recommends to the Assembly the final mill levies. For FY22, the Manager has followed prior direction from the Assembly Finance Committee to implement a 0.20 increase in mill rate from the FY21 Adopted Budget, resulting in a total mill levy of 10.86 mills; the components of which are:

 

 

Operating Mill Rate by Service Area

 

 

Millage

Change from FY21 Adopted

Roaded Service Area

 

2.45

-

Fire Service Area

 

0.31

-

Areawide

 

6.90

0.20

Operating Total

 

9.66

-

Debt Service

 

1.20

-

Total

 

10.86

0.20

 

RECOMMENDATION:

The City Manager recommends the Assembly introduce this ordinance, refer it to the Assembly Finance Committee for further review, and set it for public hearing at the Special Assembly meeting scheduled for April 21, 2021.

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Ordinance 2021-103/31/2021Non-Code Ordinance