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payment on the 2004 General Obligation Library Bonds and for the initial debt service payment on the <br />2017 General Obligation Recreation Center Bonds. <br />The City's 2017 net assessed valuation has been certified at $639,643,203. This is approximately $7.2 <br />million, or 1%, less than the preliminary assessed value that Council worked with during the 2018 <br />budget process. However, it is still nearly a 17% increase over the 2016 net assessed valuation. <br />The City's net assessed valuation refers to its gross assessed valuation less the incremental assessed <br />valuation captured by the Urban Revitalization District. The District's incremental assessed valuation <br />has been certified at $14,952,825. The District's property tax revenue is determined by the overlapping <br />mil levies applied to its incremental assessed valuation. For the 2016 levy year (2017 collection year) <br />the District's overlapping levies amounted to approximately 88 mils. <br />Based on the City's final assessed valuation and the funds required for debt service in 2018, staff is <br />recommending a total 2017 mil levy, for collection in 2018, of 8.869 mils, as summarized in the following <br />table. <br />General Levy <br />Library Bonds Debt Service Levy <br />Rec Center Bonds Debt Service Levy <br />Total City of Louisville Mil Levy <br />[1] Levy Year <br />2016 [1] 2017 [1] <br />5.184 5.184 <br />1.526 0.900 <br />- 2.785 <br />6.710 8.869 <br />The 2017 levy for the General Obligation Library Bonds (0.900 mils) will be the last levy required for <br />this issue. <br />OPERATING EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES & TARGETS <br />The next table summarizes the operational expenditure estimates for 2017 and 2018 that have been <br />incorporated into the 2018 Operating & Capital Budget and the 2019 - 2021 used in the Long -Term <br />Financial Plan. <br />3 <br />