The city of Hutchinson officially opposes the state’s property tax lid on local units of government.
But city manager John Deardoff does not expect the lid will go away, and Councilmember Jade Piros de Carvalho said there are enough exemptions — for example, law enforcement and fire protection are outside the lid — that it is impotent.
The City Council and state Sen. Ed Berger, R-Hutchinson, and state Reps. Joe Seiwert, R-Pretty Prairie, Jason Probst, D-Hutchinson, and Paul Waggoner, R-Hutchinson, discussed potential state legislation for about an hour and a half Thursday morning. Garth Strand, a Democrat running for Waggoner’s 104th District seat in 2020, attended, as did incoming City Councilmember Sara Bagwell. Absent were State Rep. Jack Thimesch, R-Spivey, and incoming City Councilmember Steve Garza.
(Read more: Local – The Hutchinson News)