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Jackson County finance staff present proposed 2025 tax levies; legislators ask for more data and set special meeting
Summary
At a Sept. 22 public hearing, Jackson County finance staff presented proposed 2025 property tax levies tied to the adopted 2025 budget; legislators raised questions about levy calculations, cited a roughly 13% increase in general-fund property-tax billings, and scheduled a Sept. 30 special meeting to adopt levies.
John Gordon, a finance department official, told the Jackson County Legislature on Sept. 22 that the proposed 2025 levies were calculated from the county’s notice of assessed valuation and "will generate sufficient revenues to meet the 2025 adopted budget." He also noted a new levy for senior services.
Legislators pressed for more data and time to review. Legislator Sean Smith said he "was concerned because we had these ordinances in front of us and we hadn't been presented with what we normally get," and described independently calculating percentage changes after receiving valuation notices only earlier that day.
Smith told colleagues his spreadsheet showed the county’s general-fund property-tax billings…
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