With residents already upset from a 37% increase in school district property tax, the Willard City Council last month reduced its own proposed tax increase by nearly a third before adopting a final 2025–26 budget that delays vehicle purchases and funds police body cameras. On Aug. 14 the council cut back its plan to raise an additional 1,000 in property taxes, settling instead on ,000. The move lowered the impact on a 5,000 home from about 3 per year to , with councilmembers citing the burden of the school district’s hike as the reason for the change. When the council...

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