MASON CITY – The Mason City council met for a work session Thursday at City Hall.
According to meeting minutes, a projected tax increase for Mason City property owners is hovering around 10% at this time. The budget process is still fluid and no budget would be certified by the council until March or so. In addition, NIT reported on January 27th that Mason City water and sanitation customers could face large rate increases for both services.
At the work session, Finance Director Kevin Jacobson said the tax levy would be $13.94 or a 10.73% increase. The council discussed ways to try to bring the tax increase below 10%, and how funding in Main Street was calculated, the amount allocated to RAGBRAI, when payment for the second statue would be made, and funding for Little League.
It was the consensus of the Council to fund the Outside Organizations as follows: Main Street $25,000; Senior Center $15,000; North Iowa Corridor $126,000 (an increase from $105,000); Youth Baseball $10,000; PGI $10,000; RAGBRAI $40,000; North Iowa Events Center $10,000.
Why is the city going to give RAGBRAI, $40,000.
I agree, but this is what people voted for last election…Jim
From what I read here on NIT the corridor hasnt done anything for mason. No new jobs. They filled the ic system with another call center. Big deal. You cant make a good living in this town. Now they get more money. I dont get it.
Maybe they should stop funding all of their pet projects and leave our taxes alone. This is BULL. You people asked for this when you didn’t get out and vote. You can not continue to give T.I.F. to everyone without it affecting your tax base. Quit spending our damn money on unnecessary crap.