Remarks by LaDonna Sherwood
54 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
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“I'm more concerned. I'm not as concerned with keeping taxes the same or increasing taxes. I'm concerned about the plan. Is the plan that we have right now going to get us to 20%? Without raising taxes and do we have places that we have planned currently right now for 26 and 27 that gets us to 20%. Gets us to 20% without raising taxes.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So this is my issue. When we talk about cost of living increases, wages, expenses, overtime, you know, increasing public safety while hiring freezes in places where you've got vacancies. What does this look like impacting citizens to make further cuts when the price of things are still going up? I struggle with being somewhere between not raising taxes and being realistic about spending. And so my question is, what does these further cuts look like as to citizen services and what we provide and what this looks like on the back of our current employees and hiring freezes and in cuts? And…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“I second. I think that maybe we need to look at 18 to 19%.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“And the no new revenue rate is point six eight three nine seven six City manager I have a question for you Do you have a recommendation on this? Do you have a recommendation?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026