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Bluff City adopts 2025–26 budget, sets property tax at 89 cents per $100
Summary
The Board of Aldermen adopted the fiscal year 2025–26 budget and set the tax rate at 89 cents per $100 of assessed value on second reading (Ordinance 2025-009); Alderman Payne said she approved the budget "with great trepidation."
On second reading the Bluff City Board of Aldermen adopted Ordinance 2025-009, approving the town’s annual budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and setting the property tax rate at 89 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Town Recorder Fry read the ordinance stating the fiscal year beginning 07/01/2025 and ending 06/30/2026 and the tax rate. The board opened a public hearing; no members of the public spoke and the hearing was closed.
Alderman Payne moved to approve the budget “with great trepidation,” and Alderman Johnson seconded. The roll call recorded Alderman Payne voting yes, Alderman Malone voting yes, and Alderman Johnson voting yes. The presiding officer announced that the FY2025–26 budget was adopted.
During the motion, Alderman Payne said she expected the board would make amendments during the coming year; the meeting record did not specify particular amendments or the budget’s line-item totals.
