Hailey to consider $1.1 million budget raise, salary increases | Hailey

About $1.1 million in unexpected revenue from construction permits, local-option taxes, wildfire deployments and American Rescue Plan Act funds has prompted the Hailey City Council to consider increasing the city’s fiscal 2022 budget tonight, Monday, May 9.

If approved, the budget increase plan would raise the current fiscal 2022 budget from $16.1 million to $17.2 million. Around $500,130 of that increase would come from local-option tax revenue; $311,290 from ARPA revenue; $204,400 from construction permit revenue; and $113,250 from fire mutual-aid revenue.

The additional revenue would apply to “cost-of-living salary adjustment for community development, library, public works and administrative department staff” and cover “some city equipment…