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Waverly resident urges council to slow or reschedule spending as property taxes rise
Summary
At a special City of Waverly meeting, resident Brock Sands urged council members to phase or delay projects to ease rising property tax burdens; a city staff member explained how valuation increases, state rollback rules and use of local option sales tax (LOST) affect the city portion of taxes and the golf renovation funding.
Brock Sands, a longtime Waverly resident, told the City Council that rising property taxes are producing “a meaningful portion of take‑home pay” lost for many households and urged the council to prioritize and pace spending to ease pressure on fixed‑income residents.
Sands said the fiscal year 2026 property tax levy report shows a combined city, county and school rate of about $37.69 per $1,000 of taxable value and used example calculations to describe household impacts: roughly $2,600 a year for a $150,000 home and about $5,000 for a $300,000 home. “For many residents, this represents a meaningful portion of their take‑home pay,” he said, adding that older residents and those on fixed incomes are…
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