When the city adminstration and department heads presented the preliminary 2016 budget to the Silver Lake City Council in July, they were asked to scale back and try to keep the tax levy amount the same as 2015.
On Monday, Aug. 17, a pared down budget and tax levy of $474,073 was presented to the Council, a .45 percent increase from the 2015 tax levy of $471,970. The original property tax levy presented in July was $507,538.