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Van Buren County staff read tax-rate resolution; rate reported unchanged at 2.4
Summary
County staff read a tax-rate resolution showing fund-by-fund rates that total 2.4; no vote or change was recorded in the provided transcript and the meeting was closed with no public questions.
Miss Tabitha, a county staff member, read aloud a Van Buren County tax-rate resolution and reported the fund-level rates, saying the total tax rate remained 2.4.
The county staff member read: "General fund will be 1.585, ambulance 0.275, local purpose 0.1, general purpose schools 0.335, and general debt service 0.105 for a total of 2.4, meaning that it did not change." She also reported a penny-value calculation, saying the value of a penny was "18,981" and a variance penny value of "17.0463."
The exchange in the transcript shows no formal motion or roll-call vote on the resolution. An unidentified meeting official closed the meeting after stating there were no questions from the in-person audience or online, saying, "Well, if there's no questions from in the audience or online, we'll go ahead and close the meeting. Meeting's closed." The transcript does not record any public comments or votes on the tax-rate figures.
Why it matters: property tax rates and the per‑penny value affect county revenues and how much property owners pay; the reading of the resolution is a routine step for transparency even when rates do not change.
The transcript excerpts provided record the staff reading and the chair's closure of the meeting; no additional budgetary detail, effective dates, or formal adoption vote appear in the excerpt.
