Belleville council approves 2025 tax levy and several finance items including truck purchase and cemetery repairs
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Summary
The council approved the 2025 tax levy, waived bidding to buy two sanitation trucks for $510,000, authorized emergency erosion repairs at Mount Hope Cemetery (about $20,000 plus $7,000 for rock), and voted to close TIF 12 and transfer remaining funds to TIF 3 after final bills.
Belleville — In a grouped finance committee report on Dec. 15, the City Council approved the 2025 tax levy and several related finance and capital items.
Finance committee representatives presented a multi-item motion that the council approved by roll call. The items included approval of the 2025 tax levy; a motion to waive formal bidding and purchase two 2026 rear-load sanitation trucks from Elliott Equipment Company for $510,000; authorization to hire Hanks Excavating & Landscaping Inc. for emergency erosion repairs at Mount Hope Cemetery at an estimated $20,000 plus approximately $7,000 for rock; and a motion to close TIF 12, transferring any remaining funds to TIF 3 after final bills.
Council members voted in favor of the bundled finance items by roll call. The finance committee also moved and the council approved budget amendments as recommended by the finance director.
Why it matters: The tax levy sets the municipality’s property-tax rate baseline for 2025 collections; the sanitation truck purchase and cemetery repairs are immediate capital and maintenance expenditures that affect operations and cemetery preservation.
What’s next: Procurement and contracting steps must follow municipal purchasing rules and any remaining TIF accounting reconciliations must be completed before funds transfer.