Tecumseh council adjusts restricted funds, approves property-tax resolution and passes appropriation ordinance

On Sept. 2, 2025, the Tecumseh City Council approved several budget and tax items: increasing the Restricted Funds Base in the 2025-2026 budget by 1% over the allowable growth percent, approving a resolution to set the 2025-2026 property-tax request at a different amount than the prior year (the minutes do not state the dollar amount), and introducing and passing the ordinance that adopts the annual appropriation (the budget) and waiving the three-day reading requirement.

The motion to increase the restricted funds base was made by Council Member Tyler Speckmann and seconded by Travis Goracke; the property-tax resolution was introduced by Lance Beethe and seconded by Brian Britt. The ordinance to adopt the annual appropriation bill was introduced on motion by Speckmann and second by Beethe, and final passage was approved on a subsequent motion by Goracke, second by Beethe. Votes on these items were recorded as unanimous among present members (Beethe, Britt, Goracke, Speckmann, Topp) with Alicia Brommer absent.

The minutes state that the City Clerk is finishing the budget for filing with the state and that audit work for 24-25 is beginning. The record does not provide the specific tax-request figure or detailed line-item appropriations; those documents are expected to be part of the formal budget packet filed with the state.