The Junction City Commission will be asked to approve a proposed 2016 City budget for publication at their August 4 meeting.  It will contain a proposed property tax levy of 47.718 mills, up slightly from the 47.666 mill levy in effect for this year.

Allen Dinkel, City Manager, is pleased with the proposed spending plan. “But you have to realize this 47.718 may move because this is based on the valuation that we knew as of July 1. If the County gets the numbers all finalized October 1….if that number goes up the mill levy goes down slightly. Likewise if that number goes down the mill levy goes up.”

Essentially, the budget is within less than .05 difference from 2015. “And by the time the final comes in it may be spot on, so in my mind it’s spot on the way it is.”

If the City Commission approves the budget for publication on August 4 it would be published on August 6, and there would be a public hearing on the proposed spending plan on August 18.