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                    "Mayor Lynn Spruill, left, and Ward 3 Alderman Kyle Skinner sit next to each other Tuesday during the board of alderman special-call meeting at City Hall. The board discussed areas to trim the budget down before its next regular meeting but made no major cuts, leaving the same property tax rate for the next fiscal year. While the millage rate won\u2019t change, it is expected to generate an additional $2.1 million for the city. Paloma Green/Dispatch Staff\t\n\t\t\tSTARKVILLE \u2013 The board of alderman plans to generate an additional $2.1 million from property tax next year.\nAbout $1 million of the additional $2.1 million would go toward costs already approved by the aldermen, which includes debt service for road work, an increase in city health insurance costs and changes to the fire department, Sistrunk told The Dispatch. The remainder would go to requests made by department heads and outside organizations, which includes raises for city employees, a funding increase for Starkville-MSU Area Rapid Transit and an increase to the police budget.\n\u201cI\u2019m pleased we have a budget and a proposed millage rate that everybody can agree on some parts of,\u201d Ward 2 Alderwoman and budget chair Sandra Sistrunk told The Dispatch after the meeting. \u201cIt would be ideal if everybody agreed on everything, but I\u2019m glad that the board had the opportunity to weigh in on policy decisions.\u201d\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tSandra Sistrunk\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\nTo fund the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027, the board needs to maintain its current property tax rate of 34 mills.\nWith property values expected to rise an estimated 20% next year, primarily from a reassessment from the Mississippi Department of Revenue that raised home and commercial values, the city\u2019s tax rate can remain the same and still generate significantly more revenue.\nWhat that would mean for taxpayers: the owner of a house now valued at $100,000 will see that value rise to about $120,000 and can expect to pay $68 more in city taxes next year with a homestead exemption and $102 more without homestead, if the tax rate stays the same. 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Perkins tried to get the board to agree to a rate of 28.69 mills at last week\u2019s board meeting.\nIf the board lowered the rate to 28.69 mills, the taxpayer would see little to no increase in their property taxes. But that rate would have left a $1 million budget shortfall even if all proposed additions to the budget were cut.\n\u201cI would like to think (the budget will pass easily next week),\u201d Sistrunk told the Dispatch. \u201c\u2026 There will probably still be some people who vote against the budget and the millage rate, but I don\u2019t think that is for lack of consideration of all those times.\u201d\nPerkins did not attend the special-call meeting and did not respond to requests for comment prior to press time.\nWard 7 Alderman Henry Vaughn, who supported Perkins\u2019 proposal last week, declined to comment following the meeting.\nThe board will have its second public hearing for the budget and millage rate at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall, at which time it can adopt the mill rate and budget.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n      \n      \n        Quality, in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community. 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