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Hannibal council adopts 2025 property tax levy in emergency reading
Summary
At a special-call meeting Aug. 27, the City of Hannibal adopted Bill 25-067 on emergency reading to set 2025 property tax levy rates for the general fund, public library and police and fire.
HANNIBAL, Mo. — The City of Hannibal adopted an emergency ordinance setting the city'wide property tax levy for 2025 during a special-call meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
Janice McGruder, city collector, presented rates for 2025, saying, "I'm here to set the 2025 tax levy. General Fund, 0.7278. Public Library, point 2737. And Police and Firemen, 01279." The council voted to adopt Bill 25-067 on emergency reading.
The levy determines the tax rate the city will assess for fiscal-year 2025. McGruder noted the example impact on sample Marion County taxpayers, citing amounts of about $5.50 and $15 as illustrations of how the change would affect some residents. The special-call meeting included only the levy item, and council members discussed no separate amendments or offsets on the record.
The ordinance, titled "An ordinance of the City of Hannibal fixing and adopting the rate of taxation for the year of 2025 and levying taxes, therefore," was read as an emergency measure and put to a vote. The council recorded affirmative responses from the members present; the presiding official declared Bill 25-067 duly approved and adopted at the meeting's close.
Motion and voting details were recorded on the meeting record: a motion to proceed with the ordinance was made, seconded, and the council voted in favor. No additional discussion items, amendments, or directives to staff were recorded in the meeting minutes.
Next steps: the ordinance was adopted on emergency reading at the special-call meeting; the transcript does not specify any additional administrative steps or effective date beyond adoption.
