The city of Decorah's 2024 budget has been approved by the Decorah City Council.
The Decorah City Council has voted 6-1 to approve a 2024 fiscal year budget of $20,778,679 in total expenditures
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with council member Randy Schissel voting "no." The vote came following a public hearing at which no members of the public spoke.
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The new property tax levy rate for City of Decorah properties will be $16.40 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
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The 2024 budget calls for $5,756,435 more in spending than this year's budget of $15,022,244. However,
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, $4 million of the budget increase is for repairs and improvements to the city's
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Wastewater Treatment Plant--money which will be paid back by a State of Iowa grant.
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This year's budget approval deadline was extended to
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April 30th because of a mistake by state government in calculating the residential property rollback figure.
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