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Page 4 <br /> Comments from cities: <br /> -For property tax increase, "slight"or "significant"is in the eye of the beholder. Our increase <br /> was 5.75%, which I would describe as significant. (city of 88,000) <br /> -Significant infrastructure maintenance is a large factor in budgeting demands. Limited bonding <br /> capability requires cash and increased taxes to address services and infrastructure. (city of 1200) <br /> Look by city size: <br /> The budget actions where the findings for small and big cities differed the most are shown in the <br /> table below. <br /> Budget actions by city size (for 2019) <br /> Increasing Increasing Increasing Growth Increasing Increasing <br /> city wage taxes public safety rate of fees/charges employee <br /> levels spending operating /licenses benefits <br /> spending <br /> All Cities 81% 73% 56% 51% 34% 26% <br /> Cities 95% 80% 80% 67% 52% 35% <br /> over <br /> 2,500 <br /> Cities 71% 68% 40% 41% 23% 19% <br /> under <br /> 2,500 <br /> 100 <br />