City of Mt. Carmel officials are delivering an early Christmas present to city property taxpayers. At last evening’s City Council meeting, Mayor Joe Judge said the city’s tax levy would be going down thanks to a frugal spending plan…
While other taxing bodies have set their tax levies at the maximum allowed without having a public hearing, Judge said the city is going the other direction….
Judge said it’s the first time in over 18 year that the city has approved a negative tax levy. He said while the decrease amounts to just $22,000 for city taxpayers, he said it’s an example of city government’s concerns to keep a line on spending. Taxing bodies have until the end of the year to submit their tax levies to the county clerk for 2021 taxes payable in 2022.