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Committee keeps Sweet Home permanent property tax rate at $1.41, approves $9.02 local option levy
Summary
Sweet Home’s budget committee voted to adopt the permanent property tax rate of $1.41 and the local option levy rate of $9.02 for fiscal 2025–26; committee members also heard about a potential state gas tax increase and held a public hearing on state shared revenues with no speakers.
The Sweet Home Budget Committee voted unanimously to approve the permanent property tax rate of $1.41 per $1,000 of assessed value and to adopt a combined local option levy rate of $9.02 per $1,000 for fiscal year 2025–26. The committee also opened and closed a public hearing on the spending of state shared revenues with no public comment.
A staff member explained that the permanent property tax rate remains the same and that the city cannot increase that $1.41 rate; the $9.02 combined rate reflects the local option levies in place, which committee materials said combine police and library levies. As staff explained, the committee may elect to levy less for optional levies but not exceed the stated maximums.
“...the permanent property tax rate stays the same at a dollar 41 and 1.4157. That's the same as it always has been. You, as a city organization, do not have the authority really to increase the property tax rate from $1.41,” a staff member said during the presentation.
The motion to adopt the tax rate and levies was made and seconded; the committee approved it by roll call vote. Committee members recorded votes in the same pattern as other agenda items: Councilor Bronson, Councilor Hagee, Councilor Richards, Councilor Sanchez, President Pro Tem Thorstein, Mayor Coleman, Chair Miller, Committee Member Dahl and Councilor Augsberger all voted yes.
During follow-up from the previous meeting, staff told the committee that a proposed state gas tax increase discussed earlier could, if enacted as described, raise the state gas tax by 8 cents on Jan. 1, 2026, as a first step and would total 20 cents over six years in staged increases every two years. Staff said the additional state revenues, if enacted, would be transmitted to the city monthly.
The public hearing on state shared revenues for fiscal year 2025–26 was opened and closed with no speakers; staff noted all shared revenues are received in the general fund and spent on general government services.
The committee’s approval of rates and levies will be included in the budget documents forwarded to the city council for adoption.
