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Council members reflect on property-tax hearing, urge clearer notice; NACO and League planning bill
Summary
Councilors praised staff work at a large property-tax hearing and discussed public confusion about the timing of tax notices. A council member said NACO and the League plan to push a bill to require clearer timing so residents can attend budget hearings.
Council members and staff reflected on the prior evening's property-tax hearing, praising staff for representing the city before a large public turnout. One councilor told colleagues, "I appreciate the job you did last night at the tax hearing," noting the challenge of speaking in front of roughly 100 people and thanking department staff for their work preparing the budget presentation.
Councilors also discussed how the timing of tax statements limits public input into budget hearings. A council member said that the Nebraska Association of County Officials (NACO) and the League are working on a joint bill to restructure notices so that when tax statements arrive earlier in the year they will also indicate the dates of individual budget hearings, allowing more timely public participation.
