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A hearing will be held at 6:30 p.m. August 13, 2024, at the West Peculiar Fire Protection District, Fire Station 1, located at 200 South Main, Peculiar, Cass County, Missouri, at which Citizens may be heard on the property tax rates proposed to be set by the West Peculiar Fire Protection District, a political subdivision. The tax rates are set to produce the revenues which the budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2024, shows to be required from the property tax. Each tax rate is determined by dividing the amount of revenue required by the current assessed valuation. The result is multiplied by $100 valuation.

Assessed Valuation                   Prior Tax Year    Current Tax Year

(By Categories)   $   $

Real Estate                                     152,273,015       156,491,587 

Personal Property                           39,506,315     38,908,535

Total Assessed Valuation            191,779,330    195,400,122

New Construction & Improvements  (11,885,718)   (2,114,365)

Adjusted Assessed Valuation      179,893,612      192,687,977

Fund                   Amount of Revenue     Proposed Tax Rate (Per $100)

Fire                             $ 1,238,020             $   .6425

Ambulance                 $ 496,365                $   .2576

Ambulance/EMS        $ 496,365                $   .2576

Dispatch                     $ 82,663                  $    .0429

Debt Service              $ 245,677                $    .1275 

Total                          $ 2,559,090             $   1.3281 

                                                                                      By: A. McWade, Secretary

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