City approves budget with slight millage increase

The Kimball city council approved its annual budget during the regular board meeting on Monday, Sept. 1.

“In terms of the budget, we discussed that and they gave their final recommendations to move forward,” Ortiz said. “With, they sought to keep the mill levy the same, which was about .55. I believe our total mill levy for 2014-2015 was .55211 and the proposed mill levy for 2015-2016 would be .556991.”

Property tax will fund, primarily, the police department and the fire department.

One of the amendments made for the upcoming budget is moving fire hydrant repair from the water depa...