DAVENPORT – At an Oct. 23 meeting, the Davenport City Council voted to accept a one percent increase of the property tax collected by the county on city properties, a move that will bring the city roughly $2,600 a year.
According to Lincoln County officials, properties in the city of Davenport in 2020 were worth an assessed value of $107 million. The county taxes those properties at the rate of 3.375%, a tax that brings in $278, 752 to the county coffers. State law allows the city of Davenport to take one percent of that revenue, which will bring $2,600 into the city in 2021.
The city council...
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