City Budget Dilemmas Focus On Sales Taxes and Rainy Day Funds
City budget writers mull aggressive sales tax growth versus conservative predictions as a potential $2.65 million shortfall opens the door to further tax increases. They weigh bolstering a rainy day fund, the impact on property taxes, and the future use of excess transit funds under current voter restrictions. City commissioners set a 5:45 pm budget hearing at Lawrence City Hall.
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Lawrence City Hall
Lawrence school mill levy stays nearly flat amid tax shift
The Lawrence School District plans four mill levy figures while Douglas County proposes a large property tax cut and the city considers a big increase. If the district keeps a flat levy, total taxes for a Lawrence home could rise about 0.8 mill, roughly $28 annually on a $300,000 house. District officials offered few specifics and said more budget details arrive at the August 26 board meeting at 6 p.m. at 10 McDonald Drive, with the session also streamed on the district YouTube channel.
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Journal-World
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Lawrence Douglas County PIT homeless count yields insight and gaps
The HUD count gauges homeless people in a January snapshot with limits. In Douglas County 289 had been homeless over a year, 212 for more than a year, 17 percent employed, and Lawrence faces high housing costs. City aims to close Amtrak camp by October and expand shelter capacity to 125 beds.
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Homeless Solutions
Lawrence
Bosch-Hastings
Kristen Egan
Douglas County
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Egan
Eric Arganbright
Arganbright
HUD
Bosch- Hastings
Amtrak
East Lawrence
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