Universal City adopted a balanced budget with a property tax increase for fiscal year 2025-26.

On Sept. 2 , council voted 4-2 to adopt the FY 2025-26 budget, in which general fund revenues and expenditures equal $20.53 million . The council also voted 4-2 to set the property tax rate at $0.53 per $100 valuation , an increase of $0.0156 from FY 2024-25.

Council members Bernard Rubal and Phil Vaughan were the two dissenting votes on both the budget and the tax rate. Vaughan said he voted against the budget and tax rate due to concerns over the rate.

"There's a lot of good things in this budget that I really support, however, it does raise more taxes than I think is necessary," Vaughan said.

The overview

Of general fund revenues, 45% come from property taxes. According to the budg

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