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Alma’s tax request rises to $336,940.04; Treasurer says rate would be 0.304119, council closes hearing
Summary
At a Sept. 4 special hearing, Alma Treasurer Tashia Butterfield said the city will increase its tax asking by 3.35% (2% base + 1.35% real growth), raising the property tax request by $4,093.53 to $336,940.04 and setting a tax rate of 0.304119; the tax request hearing was closed by council motion.
Mayor Hal Haeker opened a special tax request hearing Sept. 4 for public comment on the city’s final tax asking. Treasurer Tashia Butterfield reviewed the Accountant’s Report and said the council increased its tax asking by the 2% base limitation plus 1.35% in real growth (3.35% total), increasing the property tax request by $4,093.53 to a total of $336,940.04.
Butterfield described the allocation of the request as $257,150.04 for non-bond purposes and $79,790.00 for bond purposes related to the swimming pool. She reported that, because property valuation rose and the tax asking was adjusted, the tax rate would be set at 0.304119, which the minutes state is 14% lower than the current tax rate.
The minutes record a motion 'by Casper, second by Tripe to open the tax request hearing.' After no public comment, the minutes record a motion 'by Casper, second by Collins to close the tax request hearing' and show votes in favor from Tom Moulton, Larry Casper, Dyann Collins and Chris Tripe.
As with the budget hearing, the minutes include a timing inconsistency: the tax request hearing is recorded as opening at 5:45 p.m. in the minutes while the budget hearing is recorded as closing at 5:48 p.m. The article reports the times and vote tallies as they appear in the minutes and does not reconcile the internal timestamp inconsistency.
