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Best Budget Guess for 2021

Best Budget Guess for 2021

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The Yankton City Commission will consider spending just under sixty million dollars for next year. That’s down from last year’s budget of over seventy million dollars.

City Manager Amy Leon says she is projecting flat sales tax growth extending from this year into next…

Leon says while the city is eligible for federal funds as part of the COVID-19 response, those are one time dollars…

Leon says she anticipates reduced spending next year…

The commission will have to approve a 2021 budget by early September.

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