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Richmond commission adopts 2025 ad valorem tax, approves zoning changes and several administrative orders
Summary
The Richmond City Board of Commissioners approved the 2025 ad valorem tax ordinance on second reading, adopted a zoning map amendment and zoning ordinance updates, and passed multiple administrative orders including hiring, a golf-cart lease and a $396,396 change order for the sports complex.
The Richmond City Board of Commissioners on a special call meeting adopted Ordinance 25-22, the city's 2025 ad valorem tax on second reading and approved a package of zoning and administrative orders.
City Attorney read the ordinance and the City Manager told the board that the city had taken the compensating rate; personal property was set at 13.7 per $100 of assessed value (down from 15.3 in 2024) and real property at 11.1' per $100 (down from 12.1). Motor-vehicle assessment for collection by the Madison County Court Clerk was set at 28.7' per $100. The City Manager summarized assessed-value growth of roughly $396 million, noting that "So we are lowering property taxes." The commission voted unanimously to adopt the ordinance on second reading.
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