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La Cygne approves levy above revenue-neutral rate and adopts 2025 budget
Summary
The La Cygne City Council approved Resolution No. 473 to levy a property tax rate above the Revenue Neutral Rate and adopted the 2025 budget; the budget passed 4-1 while the tax-rate resolution passed unanimously.
The La Cygne City Council voted to approve Resolution No. 473, authorizing a property tax rate that exceeds the Revenue Neutral Rate, and later adopted the city's 2025 budget.
Council Member Thomas Capp moved to approve Resolution No. 473 to levy a property tax rate exceeding the Revenue Neutral Rate; Council Member Jerome Mitzner seconded and the resolution passed on a roll-call vote, 5-0. During the 2025 budget hearing, resident Cheryl Holman asked whether a paper could be signed "to not have her taxes raised," and Mayor Debra Wilson said she was not aware of any such process in Kansas. Council then voted to approve the 2025 budget as presented; the budget motion passed 4-1 with Council Member David Brenneman voting no.
The votes mean the city will adopt the higher levy authorized by Resolution No. 473 and proceed under the adopted 2025 spending plan. The council record shows the tax-rate resolution was approved at the revenue-neutral public hearing and the budget was approved after a separate public hearing. The budget adoption carries the council's fiscal plan and spending allocations for the coming year; council members did not amend the presented budget at the meeting.
Next steps: the city will publish required notices and finalize bookkeeping steps to implement the adopted levy and budget.
