Budget facts:

The City’s property tax rate has dropped 45 percent since 1993-94.

The City’s property tax rate has stayed the same or decreased for the last 13 years, except for the small increases completely attributable to voter-approved bond issues in 2004-2005 and 2005-2006.

Over the last 16 years (1990-91 to 2006-07), the population of Lincoln has grown 24.61 percent. The area of the City in square miles has increased 34.33 percent. Total number of City employees (in FTEs) has gone up only 10.02 percent. If you factor out public safety (Police, Fire, 911), the FTEs have gone up only 3.56 percent.

Click on the articles below to see how your City tax dollars are spent:

Parks and Recreation doing more with less
Libraries preserve past, inform present, inspire future
Lincoln Fire and Rescue: the desire to serve, ability to perform, courage to act
Public Health: everyone, everyday, everywhere
Lincoln Water System: a history of service and quality
Engineering Services Division keeps Lincoln moving