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La Porte council adopts FY2024–25 budget, sets proposed tax rate at $0.71
Summary
The La Porte City Council approved the city’s FY2024–25 budget, including about $28 million in capital projects and employee market/step adjustments, and adopted a proposed ad valorem tax rate of $0.71. The budget passed after separate votes on Chamber funding and the full package.
La Porte’s City Council voted Sept. 9 to adopt the city’s fiscal year 2024–25 budget and approve a proposed ad valorem tax rate of $0.71. Staff told the council there would be no increase in the property tax rate and no utility fund rate increase; the budget includes roughly $28,000,000 in capital projects, $2,600,000 for vehicle replacements and transfers from the general fund of $7,700,000 to the CIP and $3,970,000 to the city’s insurance fund.
During the public hearing, city staff summarized personnel and program changes: a 3% standard-of-living increase for…
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