Patrick Stout, Voice Correspondent, with contributions by Michelle Langhout, Voice Editor
MACOMB The city council discussed the 2020 property tax levy at its committee of the whole meeting this week. Taxes are payable next summer.
City Administrator Scott Coker said Macomb is allowed a 2.3 percent increase under the Illinois Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. He said this would make the city tax total $2.3 million and that the money would go into the police and firefighter pension funds and to Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund expenses for other city employees.
Mayor Mike Inman said the city tax bill generally reflects ten percent of the overall county tax bill. He said the property valuation has gone down about $800,000.