From the transcript

There's a purpose for property taxes and there's a definition of subsidy. Property taxes is the sharing of municipal costs to every user that enjoys those services. And subsidy is when someone has to pay for someone else's decision. So our primary reason for being here today is to kind of discuss what we're facing. We have the lowest mill rate of any other 4356 community at approximately 9 mills.

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