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Speaker B

13:51 - 14:18

"Service Area 1, of course, will have the area-wide mill rates included in there, and then we'll have the Service Area 1 mill rate for operations of the things that area-wide doesn't pay for, like the police and things like that. And then we have our— Service Area 1 has debt service of 0.3%. $3.6 Mils to finish off paying for the aquatic center and the library."

Service Area 1, of course, will have the area-wide mill rates included in there, and then we'll have the Service Area 1 mill rate for operations of the things that area-wide doesn't pay for, like the police and things like that. And then we have our— Service Area 1 has debt service of 0.3%. $3.6 Mils to finish off paying for the aquatic center and the library.
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Service Area 1, of course, will have the area-wide mill rates included in there, and then we'll have the Service Area 1 mill rate for operations of the things that area-wide doesn't pay for, like the police and things like that. And then we have our— Service Area 1 has debt service of 0.3%. $3.6 Mils to finish off paying for the aquatic center and the library.

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