Springfield City Council to Raise Property Taxes
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Agenda Item: 2021-384 - Levying A Property Tax
The City Council is going to be voting on a bill Tuesday, Oct 5th to raised property taxes in Springfield with an "Aggregate levy, excluding debt service, as $23,350,000.00." This ordinance will "partially fund the statutory contribution of the police and fire pension funds."
Agenda Item: 2021-410 - Additional Funding
There is an additional agenda item that authorizes a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $547,242.00 for payments to the police and fire pension funds, for the office of budget and management.
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More Agenda Items -
There are a total of 41 Agenda Items to be voted on this Tuesday. Some are in different stages of the legislative process than others.
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For issues voting on the Agenda Items, please contact the Springfield City Clerk's Office:
(217) 789-2216 x 3 or email them at city.clerk@springfield.il.us, or Darlene.linxwiler@springfield.il.us
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*Disclaimer: the purpose of this post is to inform US citizens of particular agenda items of the City Council or Committee meeting of Springfield Illinois. It is a consolidation of public information and not legal advise or a substitute for legal advise.