Chanute eliminates property tax levy

Chanute city commissioners have approved the city's 2024 budget, that eliminates almost all of the property tax levy as a revenue source. To help cover the lost revenue, the Commission approved a sizable electric rate increase.
Chanute City Hall. On Monday, city commissioners approved a budget plan that removes most property taxes as a revenue source, instead depending on an electric rate increase. Photo by Google maps
by Richard Luken
Published: August 16, 2023
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Chanute city commissioners have approved the city’s 2024 budget, that eliminates almost all of the property tax levy as a revenue source. To help cover the lost revenue, the Commission approved a sizable electric rate increase.

Todd Newman

CHANUTE — Chanute City Commissioners have taken a previously unheard of approach to funding the city’s 2024 budget, by eliminating property taxes as a revenue source for the general fund.

In what City Manager Todd Newman described as a “big night” in the city’s history, commissioners approved the new spending plan by doing away with an ad valorem tax levy of 36 mills.

The maneuver will save the owner of a $100,000 house roughly $400 annually, Newman estimated.

Richard Luken

Richard has been a part of the Register family since 1994. Richard covers general news and, on occasion, sports. A native of Moran, Richard came to the paper while still a student at Allen Community College. With mentors former publisher Emerson Lynn Jr. and former veteran reporter Bob Johnson at the ready, Richard learned how to be a star reporter. Over the span of his 28 years his news beats have included school board meetings for Districts 257 and 258, as well as Allen Community College trustee meetings. He’s also routinely covered city council meetings for Iola, Humboldt, LaHarpe and Moran. He’s covered floods, wrecks, true crime — everything from heart-warming to heart-breaking stories. For his work, Richard has consistently won top awards in statewide competitions year after year. Outside the office, he enjoys sports, reading and keeping up with the kids and grandkids.

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