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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
April 7.2025
The Clly Council of the CIN of Water-
o.Iowa,met In Special e n at
HhmolI E Getty Council Chambers,
Waterloo,Iowa at 430 PM,°n Mon-
day,Arm 7,2025.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier Rich Call
6915 Chancellor Drive Member`present Mayor PmT.m13—in Ray
Neuss In s. Chair.Mr.eoesan,Mr.
Nichols,Ms.Creighton-d at and Mr.
Cedar Falls 50613 and Mr.Chlder ae arrived a at 4,44pm
and rH Wilder arrived at 4:47 p.m
(319)291-1400 MayorHarl;oinent.-°m.
Approval°r Agenda as pmpa°ea or
ended.
C re I g hto n-5 ml t NNk;h ols
State of Florida, County of Orange, ss: that the agentla ae propoaetl be ap-
proved.Voice vote-Ayes.Eva M011an
arrietl,
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Ankit Sachdeva, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That FY 2o28 PROPERTY TAX LEVY
(s)he is a duly authorized signatory of Column Software, PBC, duly HEARINGS
Nichols'Crelghton-Smhh
authorized agent of Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, a publication that 1.blisIve and file proof of publication
is a'legal newspaper"as that phrase is defined for the city of Cedar
Ayaa''y'.",`0carr'led.Voice vote-
Falls,for the County of Black Hawk, in the state of Iowa,that this T>Na being the hme and place cri
public hearing,the Mayor Pro Tem
affidavit is Page 1 of 2 with the full text of the sworn-to notice set salted forwrlften and oral comments
forth on the pages that follow, and that the attachment hereto DTIdgea Wood.Fit—Director.pro
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Ided an overview of the,evy rates,
contains the correct copy of what was published in said legal °hating thep bey amount t°,000.0-
notory$11 per year far a$,30,000.00
me.
newspaper in consecutive issues on the following dates:
Deold Siurtch,534Gcoe Po
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b.mmc,t.d that he came to speak on
rich alfef METTrensit Hethanketlthe
city for their support to help fund their
PUBLICATION DATES' epemenns rorlhls year.
Apr. 24, 2025 Carol Gustafson,819 D.—street.
shared that the Information that was
ma led out Io the public was Inaccu-
rate.She on azetl that she sxpe°ts the
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Itis tax edt the correct Informa-
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Publication Fee:$102.61 to,
Mayor Hart asked the Finance Dimi
Ah /� / �Ackcleva fortctalk dad about the new budget tool
K T I.r was added this year.
Retlgea Wood embod that the airy has
(Signed) adtletl a budget simulator and now It
.""Vg —,k.ks. ClIlzans can see here the
P a JESSICA GORDON THOMPSON citynis budgeting all the-0—reve-
c Notary Public-State of Florida n s ane can s u b mltsu gg est Ions for
:4 revenue ane expenditures
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VERIFICATION ., p\\\\ EzpireS on Augurt t],3036 oaVla swu an e14 Ranempn street.
%q rll�lliiti y��.�� emmented In t he enesht under-
stand how the city antl schools can
keep Increasing property taxes,
State of Florida
Andrew Gustafson,225 Gayle Street,
entad that when he first bought
County of Orange monthnan the pa yment ova°$gDD per
month.and n°wlt Is p°ssimy going to
be over$1500.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me on this: 04/25/202 Gcm nt dson, Cher A"°°A°"°°,
e ted that there an t
people In our community that cannot
mos English,antl that the city neeae
to find a way to
reach rc a tad that
r the
communan She she is no tgoing tnf o
`/1\^\y`•```1` y be alien and taxes,she is not going to
be able to live here asasingle person
Notary Public
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Cheryl Christiansen,1702 E.Mitchell Ave-
nue,commented that there are new peo-
ple going into the workforce.so there Is no
reason to increase propertytaxes.
Ben Schwartz, 585 Sunset Road. com-
mented that every time taxes go up it
affects the poor. He shared that as a
landlord he will be raising rent because of
the higher taxes and that,effectively,the
renters are the ones who are paying the
increase in taxes. He commented that
Waterloo has one of the highest property
tax rates In theentire state and urged the
city to find funding somewhere else.
Candice Wolf, 222 Borland Avenue.
agrees with the previous speaker.
Andrew Kessler, 1000 Bishop Avenue,
commented that he would like to better
understand where the taxes are going. He
commented that roads are junk,buildings
are vacant.and it seems IIke a lot o1 busi-
nesses are leaving.
Nlchols/Slmon
to close the hearing and receive and file
oral comments.Voice vote-Ayes:Seven.
Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
N ich o IwC roi g hto n-S mit h
that the council adjourn at 4:52 p..m.Voice
vote-Ayes:Seven.Mot ion carried.
Kelley Felchle
City Clerk
COL-lA-602116
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