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Clay County Commission approves smaller property tax levies after discussion of revenue impacts
Summary
The Clay County Commission on Sept. 25 approved ordinances setting the 2025 property tax levies, including a voluntary rollback of the general levy and a required rollback for the road-and-bridge levy; commissioners debated the fiscal trade-offs and the limited direct relief to an individual homeowner.
The Clay County Commission on Sept. 25 approved two ordinances setting 2025 property tax levies, including a voluntary rollback of the county general levy and the required rollback on the road-and-bridge levy.
Victor Hurlburt, Clay County auditor, told commissioners the road-and-bridge levy would be reduced from 0.0658 per $100 assessed valuation to 0.0617, a roughly 6 percent decrease in the rate that nonetheless produces about a 4.8 percent increase in revenue for that fund because of new construction. "It represents a 6% decrease in the levy to 0.0617. It yields a roughly 4.8% increase in revenues," Hurlburt said.
Hurlburt also described the county's voluntary reduction of the general levy from 0.0200 to 0.0179 per $100 assessed valuation — a roughly 10 percent cut…
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