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Denton trustees approve 2024–25 budget and set $101,727.20 property tax request
Summary
The Village of Denton Board of Trustees on Sept. 19 unanimously adopted the 2024–25 budget, passed Resolution 24-9-1 to increase levy authority, and set a property tax request of $101,727.20 with a levy of 0.482685. The board moved its October meeting and tabled employee compensation.
The Village of Denton Board of Trustees unanimously adopted the 2024–25 fiscal-year budget and approved a property tax request of $101,727.20, setting the levy at 0.482685, during a Sept. 19 meeting at the Denton Community Center.
Chair Joe Hobelman opened the meeting at 6:45 p.m. and Trustee John Juricek moved to open a public hearing on the budget. After a presentation from Carmen Stanely of HBE, the board closed the hearing and proceeded to consider the final tax request and levy.
Stanely told trustees that tax funds cannot be used to pay for utility funds and that keno funds transferred into the village’s water and sewer funds are currently helping those enterprise accounts operate. “You can not use tax funds to pay for utility funds,” Stanely said.
Trustees reviewed a tax-request breakdown that listed $68,727.20 for non-bond purposes and $33,000 required for a water bond. The board voted to exceed the budget limit by an additional 1% for restricted funds and to increase the 2024–25 tax request by 2.5%. The board passed Resolution 24-9-1 (Levy Authority) and then voted to approve the budget for the fiscal year. Motions to adopt the budget and the tax request were moved by Trustee John Juricek and seconded by Trustee Doug Rosekrans or otherwise recorded as seconded; the minutes record each vote as unanimous.
Votes at a glance: Resolution 24-9-1 (Levy Authority) — passed (motion by John Juricek; second by Trent Wheatley; recorded unanimous). 2024–25 budget adoption — passed (motion by John Juricek; second by Doug Rosekrans; recorded unanimous). Property tax request of $101,727.20 and levy of 0.482685 — approved (motion by Amanda Fangmeier; second by Amanda Fangmeier as recorded; recorded unanimous).
In other business Clerk-Treasurer Charlotte Te Brink reported on a Senator Fischer grant fund. The board voted to move the October regular meeting to Oct. 3, 2024, and tabled discussion of employee compensation until that meeting. The clerk certified the minutes and availability of agenda materials for public inspection.
The board adjourned after the actions noted above.
