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Council talks about street levy failure

Current and incoming Havre City Council members and members of the public discussed Monday why they think a proposed mill levy that would have covered the cost of redoing some of the city’s streets failed.

The discussion took place after a meeting of the council’s Streets and Sidewalks Committee adjourned.

Voters in last month’s city elections defeated the proposed increase 1,199 to 1,090. The increase would have brought in an additional $15 million over 20 years. If it had passed, the proposal would have cost owners of a property with a taxable value of $100,000 an additional $89...

 

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