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Belvidere council flatlines property tax levy, approves $2.5 million in expenditures
Summary
Belvidere City Council on Dec. 15 held a public hearing on the proposed property tax levy (no public speakers), adopted a flatlined municipal levy and related special-service-area levies, and approved $2,487,560.32 in general fund and $1,029,384.18 in water/sewer expenditures; all recorded votes were unanimous (10–0).
Belvidere’s City Council adopted a municipal property tax levy at its Dec. 15 meeting and approved routine budget expenditures, while hearing no public comments at a brief, one-minute levy hearing.
Mayor opened the public hearing on the proposed property tax levy at 6:04 p.m., noting the notice was published in the Belvidere Republican. The mayor told the council the levy would be “flatlined” — unchanged from last year — and said the city’s fiscal position and recent infrastructure investments justified holding rates steady. “By flatlining this levy, not raising it, I think it is…
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