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Palo council opens hearing on restoring employee benefits levy; proposed tax rate rises to 11.49777
Summary
At a special April 6 meeting the Palo City Council opened and closed a public hearing on the Property Tax Statement. City Clerk Jennifer Fencl said the proposed tax rate of 11.49777 would restore the employee benefits levy after a two-year omission to avoid a negative fund balance.
The Palo City Council opened a public hearing April 6 on the city’s Property Tax Statement and heard an explanation from the city clerk about a proposed tax-rate change.
Jennifer Fencl, the city clerk, told the council the current tax rate is 10.71168 and that the employee benefits levy had not been included in the rate for the past two years because of a surplus. Fencl said the proposed tax rate of 11.49777 would reinstate the employee benefits levy to prevent a negative balance in that fund.
Councilmember Doug Hanover moved to open the public hearing at 6:04 p.m.; Councilmember Darren Stoltenberg seconded and the motion carried 5-0. The transcript provided does not record any members of the public speaking during the hearing. Hanover later moved to close the hearing at 6:11 p.m.; Eric Van Kerckhove seconded and the council voted 5-0 to close the hearing.
Earlier in the meeting the council approved the agenda on a 5-0 vote after a motion by Councilmember Eric Van Kerckhove and a second from Councilmember Darren Stoltenberg. The meeting adjourned the same evening following a motion by Hanover and a second by Stoltenberg; the transcript records the motion to adjourn but does not provide a separate recorded vote for that motion in the text supplied.
No formal ordinance, resolution, or final adoption of a tax rate is recorded in the supplied transcript; the record shows only the public hearing opening, Fencl’s explanation of the rates and levies, the hearing’s closure, and procedural motions. Any formal adoption or subsequent council action on the tax rate is not included in the provided text.
The meeting was convened by Mayor Busch at 6:00 p.m. at the Palo Community Center council chambers and included councilmembers Taylor Burgin, Eric Van Kerckhove, Doug Hanover, Darren Stoltenberg and Jen Welton.
