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Council adopts financing approach to protect tax rate, approves proclamations and routine consent items
Summary
Council voted to pursue a front‑loaded borrowing structure (option B) to keep the city's equalized tax rate level for 2026 borrowing, unanimously approved several proclamations, and approved consent agenda items including a $154,700 engineering agreement for Pheasant Branch trailhead.
At its May 5 meeting the Middleton Common Council took several formal actions: it approved proclamations, consent‑agenda items, committee appointments and adopted a financing approach for 2026 borrowing that staff said will keep the city's equalized tax rate level.
Financing: After hearing three community campus financing scenarios, the council voted to adopt "option B," a front‑loaded principal repayment structure designed to maintain the…
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