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Quincy adopts 2025–26 town budget and tax levy; council passes routine spending and event measures
Summary
The Quincy City Council, sitting as the town board, adopted the town'wide 2025'6 appropriation ordinance and a tax levy ordinance after a public hearing; the council also approved routine purchases and special-event permits in the same meeting.
The Quincy City Council, meeting as the town board of the Town of Quincy, adopted the town'wide annual budget and appropriation ordinance for the fiscal year beginning March 21, 2025, and ending March 20, 2026, and approved the town'levy ordinance after a public hearing.
The ordinance sets the town general fund, assessor, and general assistance appropriations and directs a total levy of $303,050 to be raised by taxation on all taxable property in the town, including $243,050 for general corporate purposes and $60,000 for general assistance. Laura Oakman, city clerk ex officio town clerk, read the ordinances as required; the council adopted both measures by roll call vote, recorded as 14 ayes.
The measures matter because the town budget and levy authorize the spending and property tax collections that support township services, including general assistance and assessor operations. The council also recorded the township supervisor'reported fund balances and receipts for March 2025 as part of the town business.
In addition to those primary actions, the council approved several routine resolutions and permits during the same meeting. Among those were a one'year janitorial supplies contract for $23,407.49; a police software license and maintenance payment of $8,950.83 to Interact Public Safety Systems; special-event permits for the Dogwood Parade and the Dogwood Parade Festival; and multiple administrative approvals that the council received into the record.
Votes at a glance - Annual town budget and appropriation ordinance (fiscal year 03/21/2025'03/20/2026): Adopted by roll call, 14 ayes. Motion to adopt made on the record during town business; clerk read ordinance title and council proceeded to roll-call adoption. - Tax levy ordinance (Town of Quincy): Adopted by roll call, 14 ayes. The levy itemized $243,050 for general town purposes and $60,000 for general assistance, aggregate $303,050. - Resolution adopting one-year janitorial supplies contract (Area Distributors): Adopted by roll call, 14 ayes; contract amount $23,407.49 with a stated 30% discount. - Resolution approving police computer software yearly license and maintenance (Caliber Public Safety DBA Interact Public Safety Systems): Adopted by roll call, 14 ayes; invoice $8,950.83. - Special-event permits (Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce Dogwood Parade; Friends of Lorenzo Bull House Dogwood Festival): Both permits approved by voice vote; organizers provided required documentation and Public Works/Utilities approvals were recorded.
Council members and staff emphasized statutory compliance and routine procedure during the adoption. The tax levy reading included explicit references to state law and the Truth in Taxation provisions read into the ordinance record. The clerk and town supervisor provided the numeric details that the board adopted on the record.
The council scheduled follow-up items for some citywide budget matters discussed later in the meeting (see separate article on proposed transfer/low'interest loan to the water and sewer funds).
