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WINONA LAKE - The 2004 town budget was presented during a public hearing Tuesday, with no comments from the public.
The total proposed budget for the town is $2,042,266.
For 2004, the assessed valuation has been given as $70,450,000; last year's AV was $65.4 million with a tax of $1.27 per $100.
The estimated maximum levy is $971,462, with $798,679 to be raised from property taxes for the city's general fund.
The budget was advertised in the Times-Union Aug. 15.
Final budget adoption will be Sept. 9 at 6:15 p.m.
Clerk-treasurer Retha Hicks said the publicized rate is about the same as least year.
"Taxes were presented down one-third in anticipation of the (assessed valuation) going up two-thirds," she said. "Instead, the AV only increased by half."
In other business, the council:
• Approved a $25,729 change order requested by G&G Hauling for infrastructure work, and a $8,440 improvement project along Terrace Drive, also with G&G.
• Heard a trial date has been set for Nov. 12 regarding condemnation of the 800 N. Park Ave. property owned by Ralph and JoEllen Fitch.
• Heard from town marshal Malcolm Gilbert that Operation Pullover will be in effect the next two weeks. Members of the police department will be checking that seat belts and child restraints are in use.
• Reviewed events in town as: Saturday, 8:30 p.m., fireworks; Sunday, 2 p.m., Fort Wayne Philharmonic Pops concert; Sept. 6, 1 p.m. Patrick Woods, Artisan Court; Sept. 12 and 13, Catherine Peachey Fund's A Day at the Lake; Sept. 13, 1 p.m., Jim Pickley Jazz Trio; and Sept. 18, Leukemia/Lymphoma Light the Night.
Town council members are Jerry Clevenger, Rolly Ortega and Jeff Carroll. David Delp was absent.
