Marshall council opens hearing on 2025 tax levy, approves ordinance after readings

The Marshall City Council opened a public hearing on Aug. 5 to solicit public comment on the city's proposed 2025 property tax levy, heard no comments and later approved an ordinance levying taxes for 2025 after moving the measure through required readings and roll-call votes. The public hearing was opened by motion and closed after no one spoke during the comment period. The hearing gave residents an opportunity to address the council on the property tax rates proposed for the 2025-26 fiscal year; no speakers came forward, and the council then voted to close the hearing. The council subsequently heard the first reading of an ordinance "providing for the levying of taxes on all taxable property subject to taxation in the city of Marshall, Missouri for the year 2025," moved the measure to a second reading, and later voted to approve the ordinance. During the meeting the clerk read the ordinance title for the first reading, and a motion was made and seconded to take the ordinance to second reading. A later motion to approve the ordinance passed on a roll-call vote with council members recorded as voting "yes." No opposing votes were recorded on the transcript. The council used the standard ordinance-reading procedure: title reading, motion to proceed to a subsequent reading, and a separate motion to approve following the second reading. The action completes the council's formal step to adopt a tax levy for 2025; the ordinance text and exact rate(s) were provided via the title read into the record. The city clerk announced the ordinance title on the record and the council recorded roll-call votes when asked. The transcript shows sequential procedural steps: opening the public hearing by motion, closing it after no comments, reading the ordinance title aloud, moving to second reading and then voting to approve the ordinance by roll call. The council did not receive substantive public testimony during the hearing, and no amendments to the ordinance were recorded in the meeting transcript. If residents want further detail on the adopted rates or supporting calculations, the clerk's office or the city finance department can provide the ordinance text and the final rate schedule referenced during the readings.