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Pilot Grove sets 2025 tax levy and sends two 0.5% sales-tax measures to April 7, 2026 ballot
Summary
The Board of Aldermen adopted a resolution setting the 2025 tax levy at $0.7663 per $100 valuation and approved two ordinances to reimpose 0.5% sales taxes (capital improvements and transportation), each to be submitted to voters April 7, 2026. All motions passed 4-0.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Pilot Grove on Aug. 11 adopted Resolution No. 2025-3, setting the city's 2025 tax levy at $0.7663 per $100 of assessed valuation, and approved two ordinances to place sales-tax questions before voters.
Council Member Bradley Vollmer moved to adopt the tax-levy resolution; Council Member Kathy Waller seconded and the council approved the motion 4-0. The motion sets the levy for 2025 at $0.7663 per $100, as recorded in the meeting minutes.
On second reading the council also approved Ordinance No. 122 to reimpose a one-half of one percent sales tax for capital improvement purposes and Ordinance No. 123 to reimpose a one-half of one percent sales tax for transportation purposes. Both ordinances provide that the measures be submitted to qualified voters on April 7, 2026; each ordinance passed by a 4-0 vote.
The motions were procedural second readings followed by adoption; the minutes do not specify projected revenue, estimated taxpayer impact, or the precise uses within the capital and transportation categories. The ordinances state the reimposition is for an additional five-year period.
Next steps: the measures will appear on the April 7, 2026 ballot consistent with the ordinances' language. The minutes note that full, unabridged records of the motions and votes are available at Pilot Grove City Hall.
