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Library funding and tax‑capture concerns raised; advocates ask council to reduce administrative fee and pursue tax refund claims
Summary
Speakers urged the City Council to reduce library administrative charges, investigate tax captures and support property‑tax refund claims for some foreclosed homeowners, and asked for planning support for the Van Dyke corridor.
Community speakers raised concerns about library funding, a city administrative fee, and tax captures that reduce local revenue for neighborhood services.
Russ Belant, a former library commissioner, said the library has lost an estimated $75,000,000 over the last decade because of tax captures and other transfers. Belant urged the city to cut the library administrative fee to $50,000 and to seek reimbursement for funds he said were wrongly removed from the library (he…
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