Danville budget draft advances with June 16 adoption target and utility-rate adjustments

Danville posted on March 17, 2026 that City Manager Ken Larking submitted a $395.2 million proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year, with final adoption scheduled for June 16 and a legal deadline of June 30.

City materials say the draft keeps the real-estate tax rate unchanged while introducing utility-service adjustments from the prior biennial rate study, with a typical all-utilities residential bill projected to rise by roughly $10 to $11 per month.

For Danville-area households and employers, the near-term impact is planning certainty: officials have now set the hearing runway and released core assumptions around education, public safety, and infrastructure spending.

The city also tied the spending framework to expected casino-tax revenue and ongoing neighborhood, workforce, and public-safety investments that will be debated through the May-June hearing cycle.

Source: Reporting based on City of Danville News Flash entry "City manager submits proposed budget" (Danville Local Government News and Announcements, posted March 17, 2026), Danville News Flash.