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Darden Prairie adopts 2025 ad valorem levy and approves web, planning contracts
Summary
The City of Darden Prairie adopted its 2025 ad valorem tax levy, approved a web services agreement with Revise Software Systems LLC and a planning services contract with Stryland Planning LLC, and agreed to delay some code changes for further public input.
The Darden Prairie Board of Aldermen voted on several ordinances and contracts at its meeting, adopting the city's 2025 ad valorem tax levy and approving vendor agreements for website services and planning.
The board adopted Bill 25-41, establishing the ad valorem tax levy for real and tangible personal property for the 2025 tax year. "This tax levy shall be levied and collected in the manner prescribed by law," the city attorney read, and recited a levy rate of 0.0821 per $100 of assessed valuation. The attorney also read line-item assessed valuations for residential ($412,643,300), commercial ($29,112,925), agricultural ($73,254), personal ($62,873,251) and other categories, and gave a total assessed value of $509,815,810. The transcript records the chair declaring Bill 25-41 passed and adopted (adoption language in the record: "passed and adopted as ordinance 2,300 and '77").
The board also approved Bill 25-43, authorizing the city administrator to negotiate and execute a sales agreement for web services with Revise Software Systems LLC. Councilors said moving more website work in-house, while contracting Revise for platform services, would be more cost-effective than a full rebuild. The second reading passed and a roll call recorded multiple "Aye" votes; the chair declared the bill adopted as ordinance 2,378 per the transcript.
Earlier in the meeting the board voted to adopt a professional services agreement with Stryland Planning LLC for planning services (Bill noted in the transcript as 2,540 / 25-40); the chair declared that bill passed and adopted as ordinance 2,379.
Several other code changes were introduced for future consideration; the board moved Bill 25-44 (designation of a city treasurer in Chapter 115) and at least one traffic-code amendment (Bill 25-405) to the next meeting to give residents notice and time for comment.
Votes at a glance: - Bill 25-41 (ad valorem tax levy): read, second reading held, roll call vote; adopted (transcript adoption language: "passed and adopted as ordinance 2,300 and '77"). - Bill 25-43 (web services agreement with Revise Software Systems LLC): read twice; roll call; adopted as ordinance 2,378. - Bill 25-40 / 2,540 (professional services agreement with Stryland Planning LLC): read and adopted as ordinance 2,379. - Bill 25-44 (amend Chapter 115; city treasurer): moved to next meeting for further public input.
The meeting record shows roll-call and voice votes without full tallies for every member in the transcript; when individual aldermen are named during roll call their votes are recorded in the transcript. The board closed the meeting after staff reports and brief remarks.
The next procedural step for adopted ordinances is enactment according to city procedures; items moved to a later meeting will return for additional readings and public comment.
