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Soddy-Daisy postpones budget vote after notice defect; residents press concerns over taxes, staffing and services
Summary
City officials deferred action on the proposed 2024-25 budget and tax rate to a May 22 special meeting after a technical defect in the public notice; residents at Thursday's meeting urged caution on a tax increase and pressed officials about police, firefighters and infrastructure funding.
The City of Soddy-Daisy postponed action on its proposed fiscal 2024-25 budget and accompanying tax-rate ordinance after City Attorney Elliott told the Board a technical defect in the public notice requires the matter be moved to a special called meeting on Wednesday, May 22, at 7:00 p.m.
Mayor Everett and other commissioners faced a crowded chamber Thursday as residents expressed concern about the effect of a tax increase on seniors and asked the city to consider alternatives to immediate raises. "This Commission has nothing to hide from anyone," Mayor Everett said, defending the process and adding that without federal funds the city would have operated at a $700,000 deficit last year.
The postponement came at the outset of a public hearing and first reading on "an ordinance of the City of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, adopting the annual budget and tax rate for the fiscal year beginning July…
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