(KLZA)--Pawnee City Council members approved the fiscal year 2017-18 budget and property tax request following public hearings drawing no comments last week.
The vote to approved the budget items was 2-1 with Councilman John Dahlgren casting a nay vote on each agenda item and Councilman Mark Sunneberg was absent.
The property tax request will be 47.69-cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The total property tax request will be $120,190.
The total budget for the next fiscal year is just over $10-million for Pawnee City. City Clerk Tammy Stephens told MSCNEWS that a number of large projects account for more than $7.5-million of the total budget. Those projects include the Assisted Living Facility under construction with a $3.4-million price tag. A $3.7-million street overlay project that will likely be spread out over three years. Other capital improvement projects contributing toward the large budget is the pool improvement project and the capital improvement loan program that goes through the City budget.
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