St. Robert city leaders convened in a specially called session Wednesday to establish a tax rate of 1 percent on tangible property, which passed unanimously, 6-0.
Two councilmen were not in attendance, James Phillips and William Urena.
Explaining the tax, City Administrator Alan Clark said, “this is the most allowed by law. It’s the maximum ceiling limit for real estate.”
The meeting also was to include a public hearing for opposition to the proposed tax rate, of which there was not one person who came to oppose the rate.
According to the ordinance, which was set Wednesday because the city must report its rate by Sept. 1, the assessed valuation of taxable tangible property in St. Robert is $72.042 million, which does not include the tax-increment financing districts.
The council’s approval establishes a “tax rate of 0.328 of 1 percent should be levied and collected on all taxable and tangible property in the City of St. Robert.”
The ordinance further states that all taxes not paid by Dec. 31 shall be declared delinquent and penalty of 1 percent per month for each month those taxes are delinquent shall be charged and collected.
In one of the briefest meetings of the quarter, the City Council quickly approved two other measures before adjourning.
The second item was an amendment tot he aviation project and consultant supplemental agreement between the cities of St. Robert and Waynesville and Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc.
Essentially, the amendment allowed for engineering expenses of $10,000 for the new building of which St. Robert and Waynesville each would pay $5,000.
Council members voted 5-1 to approve the extra expenditures with Allan Johannsen dissenting.
The final action of the evening was the final agreement for the city’s lease of building space in the City Hall building to the federal government for a community-based primary-care clinic.
City Administrator Clark brought the measure before the council in May, but federal officials have revised the plan from 9,000 square feet to 11,300 square feet.
The agreement passed Wednesday night will allow the construction of the facility to proceed.
The government is seeking a Dec. 1 start date.
|
|
|
St. Robert city leaders convened in a specially called session Wednesday to establish a tax rate of 1 percent on tangible property, which passed unanimously, 6-0.
Two councilmen were not in attendance, James Phillips and William Urena.
Explaining the tax, City Administrator Alan Clark said, “this is the most allowed by law. It’s the maximum ceiling limit for real estate.”
The meeting also was to include a public hearing for opposition to the proposed tax rate, of which there was not one person who came to oppose the rate.
According to the ordinance, which was set Wednesday because the city must report its rate by Sept. 1, the assessed valuation of taxable tangible property in St. Robert is $72.042 million, which does not include the tax-increment financing districts.
The council’s approval establishes a “tax rate of 0.328 of 1 percent should be levied and collected on all taxable and tangible property in the City of St. Robert.”
The ordinance further states that all taxes not paid by Dec. 31 shall be declared delinquent and penalty of 1 percent per month for each month those taxes are delinquent shall be charged and collected.
In one of the briefest meetings of the quarter, the City Council quickly approved two other measures before adjourning.
The second item was an amendment tot he aviation project and consultant supplemental agreement between the cities of St. Robert and Waynesville and Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc.
Essentially, the amendment allowed for engineering expenses of $10,000 for the new building of which St. Robert and Waynesville each would pay $5,000.
Council members voted 5-1 to approve the extra expenditures with Allan Johannsen dissenting.
The final action of the evening was the final agreement for the city’s lease of building space in the City Hall building to the federal government for a community-based primary-care clinic.
City Administrator Clark brought the measure before the council in May, but federal officials have revised the plan from 9,000 square feet to 11,300 square feet.
The agreement passed Wednesday night will allow the construction of the facility to proceed.
The government is seeking a Dec. 1 start date.
