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Jamestown mayor says community must work together to make projects a reality – Jamestown Sun

JAMESTOWN — Mayor Dwaine Heinrich said Jamestown’s future is brighter than it has ever been and the community must work together to make Bison World and a hydrogen facility that makes fertilizer a reality. “To accomplish this all, we need to continue to work hard and recognize that we are going to have new people […]

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Property tax reform passes Detroit City Council | #citycouncil

This week in Detroit development, property tax justice advocates scored a major win in City Council, which passed an ordinance to make tax assessments more transparent and easier to appeal. Elsewhere, the City of Detroit continues to struggle to hire enough bus drivers as performance lags, and Brush Park residents contest a new low-income housing […]

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Kalispell City Council sends public safety levy before voters | #citycouncil

Kalispell City Council voted unanimously Monday to put before voters a public safety levy expected to raise $4.6 million in its first year. The mail-in election will be held March 19. The ballot will ask voters to authorize the city to levy 60.9 mills annually to cover the cost of creating new positions within the […]

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City Council passes new budget with $70M for CIP | Government | #citycouncil

City Council passed a budget that will fund over $70 million in capital improvement projects for next year. The Council passed the 2024 budget along with the tax rate at the meeting on Tuesday. According to the budget, the total budget for next year will amount to $255,895,381. “In summary, we are going up from […]

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Kalispell City Council finalizes $141M budget | #citycouncil

Kalispell City Council approved the municipality’s $141 million budget and mill levy for fiscal year 2024 on Monday. Councilors nixed appropriations that would have seen $200,000 dedicated to proposed facilities renovations and $33,000 to City Council salary bumps. The city’s general fund, from which most municipal operations are funded, was set at about $15.5 million. […]

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Mayor increase police budget, City Councilmember increase property tax relief

Omaha City Council President Pete Festersen wants to boost property tax relief even more next year.Mayor Jean Stothert’s budget calls for a 2.1% increase.She says the need for a bigger police budget limits how much relief the city can provide.Festersen’s amendment would add nearly $1 million for property tax relief which is about 20% more.“Property […]

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Mayor Johnson files protest to lower estimated $33K property tax bill – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson says he wants to push for the city to have the lowest property tax rate of any major city in the region, but in the meantime is looking for some financial relief himself. The mayor and his wife are protesting the appraised value of their more than 5,000-square-foot White Rock Lake area […]

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Whitefish City Council approves $49.3M preliminary budget | #citycouncil

The Whitefish City Council approved the preliminary fiscal year 2024 budget at its meeting in June after two work sessions to review and discuss it. Council also set the final public hearing on the final budget for Aug. 21. For now, the total appropriated budget for fiscal 2024 is $49.3 million. Compared to the prior […]

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Kansas City mayor discusses Jackson County property assessments

Kansas City Mo., Mayor Quinton Lucas says the Jackson County property reassessment is becoming “a mess of a process”.Some homeowners are facing big increases in their property taxes.KMBC’s Micheal Mahoney spoke to the mayor about it today in an interview. Reassessment is a county function and the city is not involved with it. But Lucas […]

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Kansas City Municipal Election Results: Mayor, City Council

The mayor’s office and six open council seats with incumbents not seeking re-election are on the ballot for Kansas City, Missouri voters on Tuesday. Polls close at 7 p.m.Don’t see the results below? Click here. Kansas City, Mo., mayoral raceIncumbent Quinton Lucas takes on challenger Clay Chastain. In the primary, Lucas won 81.5 percent of […]