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Lowry City proposes $0.8246 per $100 tax-rate ceiling for 2025; no public comment at hearing
Summary
Mayor Patricia Landes presented a proposed combined tax-rate ceiling of $0.8246 per $100 of assessed valuation for 2025 at a special Lowry City Board of Aldermen hearing; no public input was received and the hearing was closed the same evening.
Mayor Patricia Landes, mayor of Lowry City, presented a proposed tax-rate ceiling for the 2025 budget at a special tax-levy hearing on Aug. 19, 2025, and closed the hearing after receiving no public comment.
Landes told the board the taxing authority’s proposed 2025 rate ceiling is $0.6293 per $100 for general revenue and $0.1953 per $100 for street lights, for a combined rate of $0.8246 per $100 of assessed valuation. The record shows the 2025 estimated total assessed valuation at $6,375,062, up from the 2024 total of $5,863,268.
The figures presented for 2025 include real-estate valuation of $5,274,058 and personal-property valuation of $1,296,679; no allowance for new development was listed. For comparison, the 2024 tax-rate ceiling recorded in the materials was $0.6691 per $100 for general revenue and $0.2077 per $100 for street lights (total $0.8768 per $100).
No members of the public were present to speak during the hearing. After presenting the proposed ceiling and the valuation figures, Mayor Landes closed the hearing at 6:00 p.m. The record is signed and attested by Mayor Patricia Landes and City Clerk John Farrell.
The hearing record notes that the meeting notice was posted at three local locations (Lowry City Hall, The Landmark and Lowry City Farmers Exchange) but was not published in the St. Clair County Courier because required information from the St. Clair County Clerk did not arrive in time for the newspaper deadline.
