ORD NO 13-2025 CITY OF VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. ]-�?-2025
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,FOR THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS,AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED:
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING(RENEWING) THE MILLAGE TAX FOR
THE CITY GENERAL MUNICPAL PURPOSES AND FOR THE PUBLIC
LIBRARY PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 2025,DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the City Van Buren, Arkansas, is duly incorporated under the laws of the State of
Arkansas, with all power, authority and duties of a city of the First Class, and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Ordinance is immediately necessary for preservation of the
health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Van Buren, Arkansas,
and an emergency exists which requires that this Ordinance become immediately
effective and in full force and effect, and
WHEREAS, the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, must have funds for its municipal operations, and
can only obtain the requisite funding to continue its current level of services to its
citizens by renewing the levy of a 2 mill tax on real and personal property, for the
general municipal purpose of the city, and by renewing the levy of a 1.4 mill tax on
real and personal property tax for the Van Buren library maintenance purposes.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS,THAT:
SECTION 1: The rate of all real and personal property taxes in Van Buren, Arkansas, for the year
2025, for general municipal purposes under the authority of Section 4, Article XII, of
the Constitution of 1874, of the State of Arkansas, be, and the same is hereby affixed
at 2 mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all real and personal property
subject to taxation in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas for the year 2025, for general
municipal purposes.
SECTION 2: The rate of all real and personal property taxes in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas,
for the year of 2025, for the maintenance of a City Public Library,under the authority
of a vote of the people of the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, and the City General
Elections held on the 7th day of April, 1942, (1 mill) and the 8th day of November,
1997, (A mill), be and the same is hereby affixed at 1.4 mills on the
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dollar of the assessed valuation of all real and personal property subject to taxation of
in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, for the year 2025, for the library maintenance
purposes, subject to the provisions of Act No 848 of 1981;the same being"adjustment
or rollback of tax rates due to increase in aggregate valuation of taxable property."
SECTION 3: A Certified Copy of this Ordinance shall be filed in the office of the County Clerk of Crawford
County, Arkansas, in order that the Quorum Court of Crawford County, Arkansas, may
include the same in the general levy of the year 2025 and cause the same to be extended upon
the tax books and collected as required by law.
SECTION 4: This Ordinance being immediately necessary to obtain revenue to pay expenses of the City
Government for the City of Ban Buren, Arkansas, and necessary in providing for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, an emergency is declared to
exist and this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force after its passage and publication.
IN WITNESS WHE F, the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, by its City Council, did pass, approve,
and adopt,by a vote of for and )—against,the foregoing Ordinance at its regular meeting held
on the 22°a day of September 2025.
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Dk Jos .Hurst
ayor
ATTESTED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Shawnna keyiolns,
City Clerk/Treasurer City Attorney
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