96-73 MAKING THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY

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i ° � , ORDINANCE NO. 96-73 AN ORDINANCE MAI�ING TI�ANNLJAL TAX LEVY FOR TI�CITY OF DECATUR FOR TI�FISCAL YEAR 1996-1997 WHEREAS, the City of Decatur, Illinois is a home rule unit of local government as defined by, and having the powers enumerated in, Constitution of Illinois 1970, Article VII, Section 6(a); and, WHEREAS, for the fiscal period for which levy is made hereby, the Council has duly appropriated amounts in excess of said levy for the objects and purposes shown by the copy of the Appropriation Ordinance hereto attached and hereby made a part hereof. NOW, TI-�REFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF TI� CITY OF DECATUR, II,LINOIS: Section 1. That there is hereby levied upon all the taxable property within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur, Illinois, as the same is taxed and equalized for State and County purposes for the fiscal year beginning with the lst day of May, 1996, and ending on the 30th day of April, 1997, the sum of Five NI'illion, Eight Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand, Seven Hundred and Seventy-Six Dollars ($5,835,776) the objects and purposes for which said sum is hereby levied and is apportioned among the several objects and purposes herein specified as follows: For the operation of Public Library Reading Rooms to be known as the Library Fund $ 2,269,672 For Police Pension, as required by law 712,225 For Fire Pension, as required by law 820,197 For employment of a Municipal Band for Municipal purposes 60,000 For the purpose of Police Protection in the City of Decatur, Illinois to pay salaries to police 727,467