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Port of Seattle commissioners voted 3-2 on Monday for the reduced levy, with Commissioners Bill Bryant, Pat Davis and Gael Tarleton in the majority. John Creighton and Lloyd Hara dissented, saying they wanted a smaller $70 million levy charged to King...
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As if Christmas arrived early in Batavia, aldermen have decided not to raise the city's tax rate as a way to deal with the recession. Rather, they have agreed to draw from city reserves to cover a $1 million deficit in the general fund. They did, however,...
Tags: tax rate, Alderman Jim Volk, brush pickup, Batavia, property tax, Alderman, Fee, Business Finance, Finance, Public finance, Tax
In the last 24 months, the world recession has forced us all to rethink our attitudes towards money, finance and debt. We have all seen it; money is tight and parting with it is now given a second thought because, unlike the boom years, there is no guarantee...
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In hopes of mitigating a bleak 2010 budget, the Vancouver City Council gave initial approval of a 1 percent "emergency" property tax increase Monday night. Under the state's Initiative 747, passed in 2001 and aimed at limiting taxation, local and state...
Tags: property tax, Vancouver City Council, tax bills, tax increase, Carrie Lewellen, Fort Vancouver Library District, Vancouver, Business Finance, Inflation, Deflation
The Aspen Fire Protection District will forgo $373,000 in windfall property tax revenues, its board of directors agreed last week. The district will use a temporary credit to lower its 2010 mill levy in order to take in only as much in property tax revenues...
Tags: property tax, Aspen, Tax, Aspen Colorado, Windfall tax, Windfall profits tax, Taxation, Public finance, Finance, Business Finance, Real property law, Mill, Colorado, Sales taxes in the United States
Along with taking action to prevent business dealings with a city employee or elected official from going unnoticed, the city council may be taking action regarding an alderman's absences from recent meetings. Third Ward Alderman Victor Wogen missed both...
Tags: DeKalb Citizens for Transparency, Victor Wogen, DeKalb City Council, DeKalb, Finance, DeKalb County Illinois, Target Corporation, Kris Povlsen, Property tax, Tax, DeKalb Illinois, Daily Chronicle, Alderman, Labor, Taxation in the United States
Windsor is expected to decide within the next two weeks whether or not it will locate in Gibson County. Ind. Mike Crabtree, owner of a building south of Princeton, Ind., where Canadian-based Windsor Machine Group, an automotive supplier, may locate,...
Tags: Gibson County Council, Todd Mosby, tax phase, property tax, Windsor Machine Group, Mike Crabtree, Article Highlights Windsor, Canada, Windsor, Gibson County Indiana, Leasing, Evansville metropolitan area, Princeton Indiana, Southwestern Indiana, Business Finance
Mayor Dan Pike vetoed on the spot an additional property tax increase that a City Council majority approved Monday night, Nov. 23. Toward the end of the council's scheduled meeting Monday, Pike vetoed a proposal by Councilman Jack Weiss to take 1 percent...
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The Puyallup City Council have approved the first half of a plan to eliminate taxes that once funded the city�s fire department, which the city no longer runs. Council members voted Monday to reduce the city�s property tax collections by $4.7 million...
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Uncollected property tax over the last 11 months has reached more than RM165mil, said state Local Govern�ment, Housing, Arts, Culture and Heri�tage committee chairman Datuk Ahmad Zahri Jamil. The outstanding amount is RM165,650,767.34 while that collected...
Tags: property tax, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Business Finance, Machap