On April 20, 2026, City Council members Peterson, Whitlock, and mayor Carlson, voted a second time to approve a new $27 million Public works facility. When factoring in interest payments for the municipal bonds issued, cost to the taxpayers will be $44 million over the next 25 years in increased property taxes.

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Specific increases for this project are on the above table. The increase is based on the property value of your property. If you are a renter, your landlord will likely be passing that additional tax along to you in the form of a rent increase. The table above is from the city council meeting packet for Dec. 15, 2025.

On May 18 the council voted to add an additional $934,000 in bonding to provide road and utility access to the new public works site that was not included in the original $27,000,000 bonding, making a new total of $27,934,000.

This overall project budget notes that the police dog impound and the cold storage building, estimated at $4,9802,000, are NOT included in the $27,934,000 cost.

These will likely have to be added to the property tax burden in the future.