Caribou eyes flat budget in 2026

Caribou eyes flat budget in 2026

The Caribou City Council outlined its priorities for the city’s 2026 budget in a workshop Monday night, and set an informal target of funding a budget that does not increase the municipal tax rate. They have some work to do to achieve that. The final departmental requests totaled $13.2 million, down nearly $400,000 from the initial requests. The figure is $1.7 million higher than the 2025 figure the council approved last June, when it cut $1 mil…