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City Officials Talking Budget At Meetings
It’s budget making time for the city of Kimball.
Much of City Council’s regular Sept. 3 meeting zeroed in on the budget. Next came the council’s Sept. 10 budget workshop.
At the regular meeting, Mayor John Morrison discussed the 3 options for the 2024-25 proposed mill levy property Taxes.
1) Max Out Tax Request, Levy Decrease.
2) Leave Levy the Same, Max Tax Request increase of $117,070.
3) Max Out Tax Request, Levy Increase.
The Mayor explained that he would like to share real life numbers. A home valued at $310,000 previously had a city tax of $777 – and the three options would raise that ci...