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Edgerton council adopts 2025 budget, adds $2,236 chargeback to levy and chooses lower fire-district option
Summary
After a public hearing with no speakers, the council adopted the city's 2025 annual budget and set the 2024 property tax levy, adding a $2,236 chargeback to contingency and choosing a version that anticipates a fire district budget reduction to restore roughly $20,000 to the city.
The Edgerton Common Council on Nov. 15 adopted the city's 2025 annual budget and established the 2024 property tax levy, approving a version that includes a contingency insertion of $2,236 tied to a recent taxpayer chargeback and anticipating a potential reduction from the regional fire district that would restore roughly $20,000 to the city's budget.
City staff told the council the chargeback represented an illegal tax charged to a property that the city had to refund; the state authorized recovery from all taxing jurisdictions, and the city's portion amounts to $2,236. Staff recommended adding that amount back…
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