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Willmar council sets 2025 preliminary budget and a 9.3% preliminary levy; final vote in December
Summary
The Willmar City Council received the mayor’s preliminary 2025 budget and approved a 9.3% preliminary property tax levy, citing uncertainty around health insurance and state aid; the Truth in Taxation hearing is scheduled for Dec. 2, 2024.
Willmar Mayor Doug Rees presented a preliminary 2025 general fund budget and asked the City Council to set a preliminary property tax levy that would raise the city’s portion of property taxes by 9.3. The council voted 7–0 to receive the proposed budget and adopt a resolution setting the preliminary levy and the Truth in Taxation hearing for Dec. 2, 2024.
The mayor said the proposed budget increases operating expenses by 3.08% to cover union contracts and market adjustments for about 109 staff, and includes a 10-year equipment certificate payment of $253,156 for a…
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