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Van Buren County Quorum Court adopts tax levy, hospital generator payment and budget adjustments
Summary
The Quorum Court unanimously approved several ordinances — a tax levy with an emergency clause, $133,700 for a hospital generator final payment, and two appropriations totaling $80,611.30 for solid waste and a senior grant — and scheduled the tax levy immediately to meet statutory deadlines.
Van Buren County’s Quorum Court voted unanimously to adopt a set of budget ordinances on procedural vote, including a tax levy ordinance with an emergency clause and several targeted appropriations.
The court approved an ordinance levying the county’s property taxes for 2025 and attached an emergency clause so the levy would take effect immediately. The presiding official explained that the emergency clause was necessary to meet statutory timing: “Statutorily, we have to levy taxes in November or December,” the presiding official said in explaining the need for immediate action.
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