At mid-year, Ada’s village income tax receipts are up 4.52 percent over the same period last year, according to Jeff Oestreich.
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Oestreich presented the report during a July Ada council meeting earlier this month. The total collected during the first six months of 2019 reached $609,301 compared to $582,952 in 2018, for an increase of $36,339.
The safety income tax is up $13,169 and pool income tax reserves is up $3,950.
Other announcements during the meeting included a Tree Commission report. Terry Keiser said that the commission purchased 10 trees and had Brown and Sons Nursey plant them. The trees, ivory silk lilacs, were planted on Main Street.
He said that based upon the nursey’s recommendation that the pear trees on Main Street be topped in an attempt to maintain their longevity.
