Trace the decisions and financial records linked to Willard's projects. A budget, bond ceiling, contract authorization and actual payment describe different things.
Whether the final signed budget schedule matches the packet's police figures. The packet lists $852,237 in a requested-budget column, and the Ledger has not matched it to a signed final exhibit.
Willard's council adopted its fiscal 2026-27 budget 4-0 on June 25, 2026, and kept the property tax rate unchanged. Mayor Travis Mote said police budget increases had outpaced population growth and inflation; the police chief said salaries drove them.
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Developers advanced Willard $500,000 of impact fees in fiscal 2019 for utility infrastructure, to be repaid as lot owners pay their own fees. The fiscal 2025 audit reports $228,309 still owed. The water and sewer funds collected $650,115 in impact fees that year.
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Willard refinanced its 2008 sewer bonds in 2015 to defer principal because growth came in below expectations, the audit says. $8.63 million remained on June 30, 2025, and the last scheduled payments run through 2045.
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Willard's council approved the joint wastewater treatment plant budget 4-0 on June 25, 2026. The minutes record that the circulated document showed a larger variance than the amendment described to the joint sewer board, and that a budget amendment might follow. Willard's estimated contribution was about $299,000 for fiscal 2026-27.
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The proposed agreement with Ellie's Pet Hotel would raise the daily rate from $22 to $28, and the council asked staff for a red-lined version for its next meeting.
