FERGUSON, Mo. — Failure by Ferguson voters to approve a property tax increase should have no ‘‘major effects’’ on the city’s agreement with the US Department of Justice or efforts to adopt community policing in the St. Louis suburb where Michael Brown was fatally shot by an officer, the city manager said Wednesday.

Ferguson voters on Tuesday approved a sales tax increase but rejected a property tax hike proposal. The taxes were meant to reduce a $2.9 million deficit and help fund changes mandated in a Justice Department agreement aimed at improving Ferguson’s criminal justice system.

Those changes will cost an estimated $2.3 million over three years.

In a statement Wednesday, City Manager De’Carlon Seewood said failure of the measure will force a close look at the city budget.

‘‘There may be some reduction in services but we do not believe there will be any major effects to the Consent Decree agreement, or our community policing model,’’ Seewood said.

Immediately after the vote, Mayor James Knowles III had said the impact of the property tax hike failure was unclear.

Ferguson is already planning across-the-board pay cuts of 3 percent for all employees. City spokesman Jeff Small said no layoffs will be immediately necessary.

The 2014 shooting led to a Justice Department investigation of Ferguson police and court practices.

Associated Press