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Bloomington leaders gathered Monday to dig into $90 million of proposed capital projects for the upcoming year. All the plans are tentative, listed as part of a proposed $332 million fiscal 2025 budget. Bloomington City Council votes on that document April 8.
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Bloomington projects a nearly $332 million budget next year, about 14% higher than its current plan, the city council heard during its meeting Monday. Nearly half of the next budget — roughly $159 million — is dedicated to public safety and capital projects, including work on streets and sewers.
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The Bloomington City Council approved a 20-year agreement Wednesday to officially launch a new ECHL pro hockey team at Grossinger Motors Arena. The Bloomington Bison will host three dozen home games, in the season that runs from October to April.
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A pro hockey team has the potential to bring more than $20 million in rent and profits over the next two decades if it plays at the City of Bloomington's Grossinger Motors Arena. That’s according to a proposal coming before the Bloomington City Council on Monday.
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A formal redesign proposal for downtown Bloomington streets won’t come before the city council until later this spring, but on Tuesday the group heard an update on the plan.
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The project is an addition to Wittenberg Woods at Prairie Vista. Four buildings, housing more than 50 apartment units, are set to be built on the northwest corner of Lutz Road and South Morris Avenue.
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At the last Bloomington City Council meeting, Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe tried to push the council to keep a $1.1 million increase in the property tax levy as the staff had presented. He called it a good compromise that would still result in a tax rate reduction. The attempt failed. The vote was to keep the levy flat.
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The Bloomington City Council narrowly voted down a proposed tax levy increase at its meeting on Monday, meaning taxpayers will see the property tax rate go down more than anticipated.
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Bloomington water rates will go up 33% this May — and again in 2025 and 2026 — after Monday’s city council vote, paving the way for an overhaul of the city’s aging water supply system. The 7-2 vote also means the city’s water utility tax will be lowered, and the city will adjust how rates are determined for trash, sewer and stormwater.
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Bloomington’s property tax rate is closer to decreasing next year, and so will the Bloomington Public Library’s. The council OK’d the preliminary plan at a special session Monday night.