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Proposed Levy Would Mean Slightly Higher Property Taxes

Residents of the Moline School District may have to pay a little bit more next year. Monday night, the board of education gave its preliminary approval to a new tax levy.

Chief Financial Officer, Dave McDermott, is proposing a 42 million dollar tax levy, that's nearly 1 1/2 per cent higher than this year. Much of the increase will go to the transportation fund.
McDermott says, if approved, the new levy would raise the property tax rate by about 4 cents, or eight-tenths of one per cent.

And for the owner of a 100,000 dollar home, that'll mean an increase for the Moline schools of 13 dollars and 75 cents per year. 

The tentative levy will be on display for a month, with final approval by the board of education at its December 14th meeting. 

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.