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Residents press for transparency, question 10% valuation assumption at Davenport property-tax hearing
Summary
At a special Davenport City Council hearing on the FY2027 property tax levy, residents urged clearer budget transparency and questioned a staff assumption of a 10% property-valuation increase. The council closed the hearing with no immediate action and adjourned to its regular meeting.
Davenport City residents used a special council hearing Wednesday to press elected officials for clearer budget information and to challenge a staff assumption that property valuations will rise 10% in the coming fiscal year.
John D. Blackman, a Davenport resident, told the council he would like any additional revenue from a proposed tax increase to be distributed more evenly to schools rather than to cities or the county. "If the proposed tax increase goes into effect, I would like to see allocations more evenly distributed to the schools rather than the cities and, and the county," he said.
Emrick Shoimos of Ward 6 said he reviewed the…
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