The Biddeford City Council on Tuesday adopted a $50.8 million budget for the next fiscal year, an increase of about $3 million over this year’s spending plan.

The council voted 5-1 to approve the budget, with Councilor Lisa Vadnais opposed and Councilors Marc Lessard and Brad Cote absent.

The projected mill rate at this time is $15.84, city spokesperson Danica Lamontagne said, though that number could change as property valuations are finalized over the summer.

If the mill rate stays there, the owner of a Biddeford home priced at the city’s median $402,000 would pay $6,019 in property taxes if they receive a Homestead Exemption from the state, which lowers a primary residence’s taxable value for taxation purposes. Most Biddeford residents participate in that program, Lamontagne said, though not all qualify.

Two amendments were made to the budget Tuesday night: the addition of $60,000 to the police department budget for the purchase of a new cruiser, and a $25,000 addition to the fire department budget for equipment.

Councilor Roger Beaupre, the city’s former longtime police chief, proposed both amendments, which receiving unanimous support from the council.

“I think public safety is something we need to provide everything we can for these departments to go on to the next budget cycle,” Councilor Dylan Doughty said.

Other amendments were rejected, including a $7,500 request for the community group La Kermesse. Vadanis said she could support adding money for public safety but not for social services.

“I’m looking to fiscally balance this,” she said. “We’re already over where I wanted to be.”

The adopted budget is down about $3 million from the original spending plan released in March.

Among items cut from that proposal was $200,000 for a “Wellness on Wheels” program that would address Biddeford residents’ nonemergency health, behavioral health and social service-related calls.

Municipal and social services requested a total of $1.6 million in spending, but the council approved just over $1 million, Lamontagne said.

Cost drivers for the budget include city personnel salaries, cost-of-living adjustment for nonunion city employees, increased benefits for city staff in general, and increased overtime for Biddeford Fire Department employees.

Some residents raised concerns Tuesday about the increase and others about where the money would be spent.

Joshua Wolfe said he wanted to see more money spent on public safety, including the purchase of oxygen tanks for the fire department.

“It’s silly not to approve that money,” he said. “This one really missed the mark.”

The adopted municipal budget does not include the proposed school budget of $52.6 million. Voters will decide on that budget during the June 9 election.