The McCracken County Fiscal Court adopted the county’s 2025 tax levy on Aug. 25 and approved separate resolutions levying ad valorem tax rates for several taxing districts, the court announced in open session.

Why it matters: The rates set the property tax burden that will be assessed in 2025 and fund county operations, roads, health services and other local government responsibilities.

The court recorded the following rates as set by taxing districts and adopted by resolution in public session: county real estate at 0.107 per $100 of assessed valuation and tangible property at 0.171; county bank shares tax at 0.025 per $100; McCracken County School district real estate at 0.518 and tangible property at 0.529; and multiple fire districts with rates ranging from 0.06 to 0.0755 on both real estate and tangible property, as listed in the court record. The court further adopted the McCracken County Health Department special ad valorem tax at 0.03 per $100 and the Western Kentucky regional mental‑health tax at 0.012 per $100, by separate resolutions presented to the court.

The fiscal court also adopted the college support district levy under Kentucky Revised Statute 165.175, setting a real‑estate rate of 0.014 and a tangible‑property rate of 0.013 per $100 in the county areas outside the Paducah city limits, together with the applicable bank‑shares rate noted in the record.

Each resolution was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote in open session; the transcript records “all in favor, aye” with no recorded dissents. The court’s resolutions specify that revenue from the county levy will be used for maintenance of county government, care of coffers, upkeep of roads and bridges and other lawful county expenses.

Court members did not make additional changes to the figures during the meeting; several attendees asked clarifying procedural questions about why some levies required separate resolutions.

The resolutions cite state statutory authority for college support district levies and refer to standard county budget and tax procedures. The court scheduled no further public actions on the adopted rates during the meeting.