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The Elizabethtown City Council met for a special meeting and work session Monday.
The council approved the ordinances setting city property taxes for 2025. The motor vehicle and watercraft rate is 11.6 cents per $100 assessed value while the real and personal property rate is 10.7 cents per $100 assessed value. E-Town Mayor Jeff Gregory noted that the city has maintained or lowered the property tax rate each year since at least 1983.
The council approved two municipal orders. The first approved Magnolia Bank’s bid for the naming rights for the gallery space at the Historic State Theater, a five-year deal valued at $20,100 a year. The second approved the sale of 710 and 712 East Dixie Avenue for $190,000 to Dewey and Kelly Cruze, the owners of Dewster’s Ice Cream. Dewey Cruze said his family is excited for the opportunity.
“We live on that side of town,” Cruze said. “Some of you all probably do too. We’re excited about that side of town and what that has to offer for us in Elizabethtown and in surrounding counties.”
The council heard an update from Tim Mattingly with Congleton-Hacker on the outdoor music venue. He said foundation work is under way, and about 60,000 cubic yards has been moved at the site, with more than 190,000 cubic yards more to go.
“You know, we’re still in the early stages out there, but things are really about to start taking off,” Mattingly said. “Once we get these foundations going, we’ve got our block mason where we’ve started talking to them. They’ll probably be getting out there here in the next month or so, so you should start seeing some things go vertical here soon.”
Scott Heath with Magnolia River Services reviewed the findings of the first gas rate study conducted by the city since 2009. Heath said use of the city’s natural gas system has remained steady but they are recommending increases in facility charges and rates to bring the system up from a break even point to a net revenue point. Heath said for a typical residential customer the increase would be about $20.
The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet October 13.
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