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Council votes by topic

Debt & taxes

Borrowing (certificates of obligation, notes, revenue bonds and their notices of intent), proposed and adopted property tax rates, and the annual budget.

Each member's votes on these 34 decisions

MemberAyeNayAbstainAbsentMixed
Josh Craft110000
Ginger Nelson150010
Freda Powell160000
David Prescott70000
Tim Reid80000
Eddy Sauer160000
Tom Scherlen110000
Les Simpson180000
Howard Smith150010
Cole Stanley259000
Don Tipps180000

Counts are of decisions, not readings: an ordinance's two readings are one decision. "Mixed" means the member voted differently on different readings of the same decision. Members served different spans, so totals are not comparable across people without the dates below.

May 2021 – May 2023 · 16 decisions

  1. Notice of intent to issue up to $35 million in certificates of obligation for City Hall

    Aye = publish the notice of intent · Passed 4-1

    Minutes · Storyline event

  2. Proposed FY2021/22 tax rate of $0.48404, above the voter-approval rate

    Aye = propose the rate · Passed 4-1

    Minutes · Storyline event

  3. FY2021/22 City budget (both readings) and its ratification

    Aye = adopt and ratify the budget · Passed 4-1, 4-1, 4-1 (3 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2

  4. FY2021/22 tax roll and property tax rate ordinance (both readings)

    Aye = adopt the tax rate · Passed 4-1, 4-1 (2 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2

  5. Tax and revenue notes, Series 2022 (Ord. 7944), financing the City Hall move

    Aye = authorize the notes · Passed 3-1

    Minutes · Storyline event

  6. $7 million in certificates of obligation for park lighting (notice of intent, then Ord. 7972)

    Aye = authorize the debt · Passed 4-1, 3-1 (2 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2 · Storyline event

  7. Tax notes, Series 2022A (Ord. 7985), for the Civic Center plan

    Aye = authorize the notes · Passed 4-1

    Minutes · Storyline event

  8. Proposed FY2022/23 tax rate of $0.49086

    Aye = propose the rate · Passed 3-1

    Minutes

  9. Waterworks and sewer revenue bonds, New Series 2022 (Ord. 8002)

    Aye = authorize the bonds · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  10. Tax notes, Series 2022B (Ord. 8003)

    Aye = authorize the notes · Passed 4-1

    Minutes · Storyline event

  11. FY2022/23 City budget (both readings) and its ratification

    Aye = adopt and ratify the budget · Passed 5-0, 4-0, 4-0 (3 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2

  12. FY2022/23 property tax rate of $0.40628 (both readings)

    Aye = adopt the tax rate · Passed 5-0, 4-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2 · Storyline event

  13. Drainage utility revenue bonds, Series 2023 (Ord. 8039)

    Aye = authorize the bonds · Passed 5-0

    Minutes · Storyline event

  14. Waterworks and sewer revenue bonds, New Series 2023 (Ord. 8040)

    Aye = authorize the bonds · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  15. Certificates of obligation, Series 2023 (Ord. 8041)

    Aye = authorize the certificates · Passed 5-0

    Minutes · Storyline event

  16. Hotel occupancy tax revenue bonds, Taxable Series 2023 (Ord. 8053)

    Aye = authorize the bonds · Passed 5-0

    Minutes · Storyline event

May 2023 – May 2025 · 11 decisions

  1. Proposed FY2023/24 tax rate (voter-approval rate of $0.39867)

    Aye = propose the rate · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  2. FY2023/24 City budget (both readings) and its ratification

    Aye = adopt and ratify the budget · Passed 5-0, 5-0 (3 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2 · roll call partly illegible in the scan; members not listed were not legible

  3. FY2023/24 property tax rate of $0.39195 (both readings)

    Aye = adopt the tax rate · Passed 5-0, 5-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2

  4. Waterworks and sewer revenue bonds, New Series 2024 (Ord. 8101)

    Aye = authorize the bonds · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  5. Notice of intent to issue Series 2024 certificates of obligation

    Aye = publish the notice · Passed 5-0

    Minutes · Storyline event

  6. Taxable Series 2024 certificates of obligation (notice of intent, then Ord. 8124)

    Aye = authorize the debt · Passed 5-0, 5-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2 · Storyline event

  7. Drainage utility revenue bonds, Series 2024 (Ord. 8123)

    Aye = authorize the bonds · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  8. FY2024/25 City budget (both readings) and its ratification

    Aye = adopt and ratify the budget · Passed 5-0, 4-0, 4-0 (3 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2

  9. FY2024/25 property tax rate of $0.38723 (both readings)

    Aye = adopt the tax rate · Passed 5-0, 4-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2 · Storyline event

  10. Series 2025 certificates of obligation for parks and vehicles (notice of intent, then Ord. 8189)

    Aye = authorize the debt · Passed 5-0, 5-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2 · Storyline event

  11. Series 2025A certificates of obligation for streets (notice of intent, then Ord. 8199)

    Aye = authorize the debt · Passed 5-0, 5-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2 · Storyline event

May 2025 – present · 7 decisions

  1. Proposed FY2025/26 tax rate

    Aye = propose the rate · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  2. FY2025/26 City budget (both readings) and its ratification

    Aye = adopt and ratify the budget · Passed 4-0, 5-0, 5-0 (3 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2

  3. FY2025/26 property tax rate of $0.43070 (both readings)

    Aye = adopt the tax rate · Passed 4-0, 5-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2 · Storyline event

  4. Series 2026 certificates of obligation (notice of intent, then Ord. 8227)

    Aye = authorize the debt · Passed 5-0, 5-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2

  5. $30.31 million Series 2026A certificates of obligation for streets and parks (notice of intent, then Ord. 8236)

    Aye = authorize the debt · Passed 5-0, 5-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2 · Storyline event

  6. Public property finance contractual obligations, Series 2026, for fire apparatus (Ord. 8235)

    Aye = authorize the obligations · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  7. Waterworks and sewer revenue bonds, New Series 2026 (Ord. 8237)

    Aye = authorize the bonds · Passed 5-0

    Minutes