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Urbana council adopts FY2025–26 tax levy and abatements; FEMA budget amendment fails for lack of supermajority
Summary
Council approved an ordinance levying taxes for FY2025–26 and related abatements directing the Champaign County Clerk not to collect specified debt levies; a separate budget amendment to add FEMA Assistance to Firefighters grant funds failed because it did not meet the six‑vote threshold.
The Urbana City Council on Dec. 15 adopted ordinances levying taxes for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and approved abatement ordinances that direct the Champaign County Clerk to abate portions of levies for the general corporate fund and specified bond debt service. City finance staff explained the city routinely levies at a higher amount and then abates to maintain a stable tax rate, noting the abatement…
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