The City County Observer believes Evansville and County residents should get the maximum allowable amount of the 8% Homestead Tax Credit as mandated by State law.  We recently posted that the years 2012, 2013 and 2014, residents received 7.0474%, 6.1581% and 6.6561%, respectively, not 8% as the Mayor led us to believe.  We also urged the Mayor to amend the Homestead Tax Credit Ordinance for 2016 in order to guarantee that the taxpayers of this community will receive a full 8% Homestead Tax Credit for 2016.  We are pleased that the Mayor complied with our request.
On Friday of last week at 4 p.m. the Mayor filed an amendment to his Homestead Tax Credit ordinance. Â City Clerk Laura Windhorst quietly allowed the Mayors amendment to this ordinance to be filed late in spite of her own rules stating no ordinances will be accepted after noon on Wednesday prior to every City Council meeting.
We wonder if City Council will allow the Mayor’s newly amended Homestead Tax Credit ordinance be voted on at tonight’s Council meeting considering amended ordinance  after the filing deadline?
The old ordinance covering 2012, 2013 and 2014 states that the taxpayers can receive up to an 8% Homestead Tax Credit.  Mayor Winnecke’s new Homestead Tax Credit ordinance now states the taxpayers shall receive exactly a 8% tax credit for 2016.
BELOW IS THE Â LINK OF THE Â AMENDED HOMESTEAD TAX CREDIT ORDINANCE FOR 2016.
