CHAMOIS — Chamois aldermen approved raising the tax rate to $.05957 per $100 assessed value at a special meeting ...
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CHAMOIS — Chamois aldermen approved raising the tax rate to $.05957 per $100 assessed value at a special meeting on Friday, Sept. 27. The rate increased from last year’s tax rate of $.05774.
At their regular meeting in August, aldermen approved the same tax rate as the previous year. Unterrified Democrat Reporter Theresa Brandt asked why the issue needed to be voted on again.
“We needed to have a public hearing, and we had to post it in the paper for seven days prior to the meeting so anyone that wanted to address the board about the tax rate could do so,” said Mayor Marie Slusser. “The Secretary of State’s office told us that this is what needed to be done.”
City Treasurer Theresa Walter added that there was some confusion from the Osage County Clerk’s office, so the city called the Secretary of State’s office directly to make sure that they were doing things the right way.
“We weren’t going to raise taxes, but both the state and county told us that we had to,” Slusser said.
Walter planned to file the papers with the Osage County clerk’s office that evening after the meeting to meet the deadline.
In other business, aldermen approved the eighth payment for the water project, $47,202.67, to be paid to Midstate Pipeline Maintenance from the Community Block Development Grant (CBDG).
Slusser reported that the city had been using the new well for the last two weeks without any significant problems.
Aldermen also approved a 60-day extension for Midstate Pipeline Maintenance so the company can determine whether the existing well needs to be repaired or decommissioned. Slusser said that the old well will be shut down next week and will remain shut down for several days before it can be inspected to see if it can be repaired.
Brandt asked what the plan was if the well couldn’t be repaired.
“Let’s not even think about it,” Slusser said.
The next meeting will be held on Friday, Oct. 11, at 6:30 p.m. and will include a public hearing to allow residents to discuss raising sewer and water rates.