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Bowie council adopts FY2024–25 budget, adopts tax rate reading and approves contingent-fee collections contract
Summary
At its regular meeting, the City of Bowie council approved the annual budget for fiscal 2024–25, adopted a tax rate as read by the presiding officer, and authorized a contingent-fee contract for collection of delinquent court fines and fees; council also approved an ordinance allowing a collections fee.
The City of Bowie council approved the city’s annual budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2024, and ending Sept. 30, 2025, and adopted related tax ordinance language during its regular meeting. Council also voted to approve a contingent-fee contract for collections of delinquent court fines and fees and enacted a local ordinance authorizing a collections fee.
Council voted to adopt ordinance 2024-O5, the second reading of the city’s annual budget, after a motion and second; the motion passed with affirmative recorded votes. The meeting record shows the motion was moved and seconded and that council members voted in favor. No total dollar figure for the adopted budget was read into the record during the transcript segment.
On the tax rate, the record includes two statements that appear to conflict. The presiding speaker read…
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