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City Council · December 2, 2025 · 7:00 PM

City Council Special Meeting

Council adopted the FY26 annual tax classification (2025-124), setting the factor at 1.00 and declining residential, commercial, and open-space exemptions; the Council also approved a sewer budget transfer (2025-116) and referred firefighter contract funding (2025-125) and a salary-reserve transfer (2025-126) to Budget & Finance for review.

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Key decisions
Approved transfer of $98,042 from Sewer Other Expenses to Sewer Personal Services and reduce Sale of Cemetery Lots revenue by $3,000 (2025-116).
Approved 8-0
Adopted a tax classification factor of 1.00 (2025-124).
Approved 8-0
Adopted no Open Space Discount for FY26 (2025-124).
Approved 8-0
Adopted no Residential Exemption for FY26 (2025-124).
Approved 8-0
Adopted no Commercial Exemption for FY26 (2025-124).
Approved 8-0
Approved Order 2025-124 (2025 FY26 Annual Classification Hearing) as presented.
Approved 8-0
Referred Order 2025-125 (funding the IAFF Local 1783 employment agreement, July 1, 2025–June 30, 2028) to the Budget & Finance Committee with a second reading scheduled for December 9, 2025.
Approved 8-0
Referred Order 2025-126 (transfer $120,416.38 from FY26 Salary Reserve to departmental salaries & wages) to the Budget & Finance Committee with a second reading scheduled for December 9, 2025.
Approved 8-0
AI SUMMARY · DRAWN FROM THE MINUTES

The City Council meeting focused on fiscal and tax-classification matters. Councilors approved a sewer enterprise budget transfer (Order 2025-116) following a positive Budget & Finance recommendation, and referred two funding-related orders — the IAFF Local 1783 employment agreement funding (2025-125) and a $120,416.38 transfer from the FY26 Salary Reserve to departmental salary accounts (2025-126) — to the Budget & Finance Committee for further review with second readings scheduled for December 9, 2025.

The Council held the annual FY26 Classification Hearing (Order 2025-124). After brief discussion — including Councilor Wheeler engaging the intermediate assessor about the residential exemption — the Council unanimously adopted a classification factor of 1.00 and voted to implement no Open Space Discount, no Residential Exemption, and no Commercial Exemption for FY26; the Council then approved Order 2025-124 as presented. The public hearing was opened and closed with no public commenters on record.

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Points of interest

Discussion of residential exemption and tax‑shift effects
Discussion of residential exemption and tax‑shift effects
DEBATE
0:07:21–0:13:02 ▶ Watch
Councilor questions the interim assessor about the residential exemption, owner‑occupancy percentages at which it becomes useful, and how adopting it shifts taxes from lower‑priced to higher‑priced residential properties; the assessor cites an example from another community and advises against adopting the exemption without further study.
Timing for assessor data and commercial/personal‑property exemption clarification
Timing for assessor data and commercial/personal‑property exemption clarification
DEBATE
0:13:02–0:16:43 ▶ Watch
Discussion about timing and availability of assessor data (LA‑4), with a recommendation to file earlier and consider a study committee to evaluate tax classification changes; also a clarification that increasing the personal property exemption reduces taxable value for that class and shifts the burden within the same class.
Mayor's public recognition of a departing council member
Mayor's public recognition of a departing council member
ANNOUNCEMENT
0:26:12–0:29:05 ▶ Watch
The mayor publicly thanks and presents a certificate to a departing council member; the departing member delivers brief remarks about service and upcoming absence.

Motions & votes

AI-generated summaries of each motion's substance — not the official record. Verify against the meeting minutes or video before quoting.

@ 0:04:38 · APPROVE
Motion carries eight to zero.
I move that the City Council approve 2025-116 as presented.
MOVED · COUNCILLOR STANGINELLI · SECONDED · COUNCILLOR HAGSTROM
@ 0:20:55 · OTHER
unanimous with eight.
mr chair councilman move that we wave rule 5d though so we can include these as first readings
UNDER · Waive Rule 5D to accept filings as first readings
@ 0:22:26 · FIRST_READING
unanimous with eight.
I would move to refer 2025 dash 125 to budget and finance and set a
MOVED · COUNSELOR HAGSTROM · SECONDED · COUNCILLOR GILDAY
@ 0:25:51 · REFER
unanimous with 8.
I move that we refer 2025-126 to BNF and set a second reading for December 9th.
MOVED · COUNCILLOR WHEELER · SECONDED · COUNCILLOR HOGUE
@ 0:17:09 · OTHER
Motion carries eight to five.
I move that the City Council adopt a factor of one as proposed by the Board of Assessors and the Mayor.
MOVED · COUNCILOR STEGNELLI · SECONDED · COUNCILOR HAGSTROM
@ 0:17:57 · OTHER
Motion carries 8-0.
I move the City Council adopt the recommendation of the Board of Assessors and the Mayor for no open space discount.
MOVED · COUNCIL STANGINELLI · SECONDED · COUNCILLOR FREDERIC
@ 0:19:22 · OTHER
Motion carries eight to zero.
I move that the City Council adopt the recommendation of the Board of Assessors and the Mayor for no commercial exemption.
MOVED · COUNCIL STANGINELLI · SECONDED · COUNCILLOR WHEELER
@ 0:04:38 · APPROVE
Motion carries eight to zero.
I move the City Council approve 2025-124 as presented.
MOVED · COUNCILLOR STANGINELLI · SECONDED · COUNCILLOR REDFERN
@ 0:29:25 · OTHER
adjourned (recorded as all those in favor).
I move that the city council adjourn.
MOVED · COUNCILOR WHEELER · SECONDED · COUNCILOR HAGSTROM
UNDER · Adjournment