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Committee adopts amendment and sends renewal of Central West End/South SPD to the Board as amended
Summary
The committee adopted an amendment and voted to send board bill 147, which would remove a $7,000-per-taxpayer cap on the Central West End and South Special Business District levies and give the SPD more flexibility to fund security, outreach to people who are unhoused and beautification. Proponents said removing the cap could yield roughly $100,000 a year.
Alderman Autumn Browning asked the Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee to approve board bill 147, a renewal of the Central West End and South Special Business District (SPD) levies, and to adopt an amendment moving the measure to the August ballot. The committee adopted Amendment No. 1 and, after public testimony and questions, gave the bill a due-pass recommendation.
Bill Keeling, a resident and board member of the SPD, told the committee the district’s revenues have been flat while costs have risen and that most SPD funds support public-safety efforts. Keeling said the current ordinance caps tax revenue collected from any single taxpayer at…
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