By james art 
Sparks designs an approximate deficit of $ 12 million, starting with fiscal 2026, which begins on July 1 and continues in June 2026, according to Mayor Ed Loson.
At the Lawson address in the city on Monday, he said the city would have to start fired and reduce costs to prevent the forecast deficit next year.
“You will see some changes and we will just have to fasten ourselves,” Loson said.
The mayor of Sparks said inflation is increasing, causing costs to increase, but property tax revenue does not increase quickly enough to catch up by sending the city to cost deficit. Revenue to equalize local taxes on sales and property taxes have caused an alarming forecast deficit in Renault and Washo.
Longson said he was not sure which departments would take on the weight of the cuts, but he said that the technology would play an important role in filling positions that do not have to need a person.
“Everyone will be affected,” Lawson told RGJ.
The sparks, like the Washoe County, have a system of rainy day, known as the “end fund balance”, which are indefinite funds that turn over from a previous fiscal year to cover the deficit. However, Lawson said they went mostly through the reserve reserve.
From the fiscal year 2024 to 2025, it was expected to have a rainy Sparks $ 6.5 million in a rainy day to cover their $ 6.7 million deficit. Now their forecast balance as a final fiscal 2025 Fiscal Fund, which ends in June, is only $ 11.5 million.
“If we go too low, our country is taking over, but we don’t want to have too much, because then we could use this to keep people,” Loson said.
The city will continue to look for other sources of revenue outside the rainy day funds, but Lawson said it would require costs to reduce and eventually come up with a more filled property tax plan.
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