Warrenton adopts 2025 property tax rate after public hearing
August 20, 2025 | Warrenton City, Warren County, Missouri
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Warrenton — The Board of Aldermen on Tuesday approved an ordinance setting the city's 2025 property tax rates after a public hearing and two readings.
Finance Officer Megan Wilder placed the proposed rates into the public record at the hearing, saying revised valuations from the county clerk showed new construction of $5,211,597 and overall valuation increases of roughly $24.2 million. Wilder said the proposed rates are 0.2686 per $100 valuation for general revenue and 0.1591 per $100 valuation for parks and recreation, a combined rate of 0.4277 per $100. "The proposed rates will result in approximately $698,922 in revenue," she said, adding the general fund portion would be about $438,974 and the park fund about $260,018.
The ordinance, billed as "An ordinance levying and imposing a tax for the calendar and fiscal year of 2025 for general municipal and public park purposes" (Bill 40-25), passed on second reading by roll call vote with all six aldermen recorded as yes.
Nut graf: The adopted rate implements the city's budgeted revenue plan for 2025 and follows the statutorily required public hearing and two readings. Wilder also told the board the revised valuations produced about $29,444 more revenue than budgeted.
The board opened the public hearing on the tax rate, took no public testimony on the tax rates themselves during the hearing, and moved immediately to second reading and adoption. The finance officer reported total budgeted revenues for the year near $669,548 in the segment she read into the record.
City staff followed regular procedure for ordinance readings and roll-call votes; the motion for readings and final adoption were made and seconded on the council floor and recorded as unanimous.
Ending: The ordinance takes effect per the city's normal implementation schedule for adopted fiscal ordinances; city staff will post the adopted rates and the published hearing notice, which the finance officer said ran in the Warren County Record on Aug. 7, 2025.
Finance Officer Megan Wilder placed the proposed rates into the public record at the hearing, saying revised valuations from the county clerk showed new construction of $5,211,597 and overall valuation increases of roughly $24.2 million. Wilder said the proposed rates are 0.2686 per $100 valuation for general revenue and 0.1591 per $100 valuation for parks and recreation, a combined rate of 0.4277 per $100. "The proposed rates will result in approximately $698,922 in revenue," she said, adding the general fund portion would be about $438,974 and the park fund about $260,018.
The ordinance, billed as "An ordinance levying and imposing a tax for the calendar and fiscal year of 2025 for general municipal and public park purposes" (Bill 40-25), passed on second reading by roll call vote with all six aldermen recorded as yes.
Nut graf: The adopted rate implements the city's budgeted revenue plan for 2025 and follows the statutorily required public hearing and two readings. Wilder also told the board the revised valuations produced about $29,444 more revenue than budgeted.
The board opened the public hearing on the tax rate, took no public testimony on the tax rates themselves during the hearing, and moved immediately to second reading and adoption. The finance officer reported total budgeted revenues for the year near $669,548 in the segment she read into the record.
City staff followed regular procedure for ordinance readings and roll-call votes; the motion for readings and final adoption were made and seconded on the council floor and recorded as unanimous.
Ending: The ordinance takes effect per the city's normal implementation schedule for adopted fiscal ordinances; city staff will post the adopted rates and the published hearing notice, which the finance officer said ran in the Warren County Record on Aug. 7, 2025.
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