BTC Board votes for lower of tax increases: Or, Garvin's first vote counts

Heidi Garvin, Evansville District Administrator, cast one of her first votes as a member of the Blackhawk Technical Board, and it counted. The issue was whether to increase the levy by 8% or 6%. Some had argued that it was a small amount. Garvin pointed out that since there was substantial increase in assessments, the larger increase would be felt by homeowners, and thus to preserve the exemption that Doyle had allowed in the property tax freeze for the Technical System in Wisconsin, the wiser choice was the lower tax rate.

She voted no on a motion for the larger tax rate. The vote tied at 4-4. Then the board voted 8-0 for the lower tax rate.

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