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W’bago’s levy increase is set at 9.95% hike

The Winnebago City council had a busy but productive night at their meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 9, hosting their Truth in Taxation hearing prior to passing the 2025 final tax levy as well as passing several other administrative items, ranging from the fee and rate schedule for 2026 to the meeting schedule for the city’s various committees. City administrator Judi Hynes presented the council with an updated version of the 2026 budget worksheet, announcing that she had made progress on lowering the proposed final levy number. “After our Special City Council meeting last week where we went through the budget line by line, I went back and made a few more revisions with the feedback I got from the council,” Hynes reported. “After running the numbers again, I was able to get the final levy number down to $1,080,293.80, or an increase of 9.95 percent. I was a little worried we ...

No decision on levy for city of Wells

The Wells City Council held their Truth in Taxation meeting on Monday evening, Dec. 8 during their regular council meeting. However, they held off on passing the city’s final levy for 2026 ...

County Board discusses budget at work session

The Faribault County Board of Commissioners held a budget work session on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 10, to review the budget one more time ahead of the scheduled Truth in Taxation meeting which ...

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