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Page County opens first public hearing on proposed fiscal 2026 budget; resident questions property-tax figures
Summary
The Page County Board of Supervisors opened the first public hearing on the proposed fiscal 2026 budget. A resident, Cindy Van Fossen, read figures from a published notice showing lower proposed property-tax collections; the board said levies remain unchanged and attributed the difference to a jail debt-service levy.
The Page County Board of Supervisors opened the first public hearing on the proposed fiscal 2026 budget and invited public comment on the county’s tax and spending proposals.
Resident Cindy Van Fossen addressed the board, citing a notice she received: “Looking at the county budget year statement we received, the current property tax collected in fiscal year 25, as shown on this form, is $7,810,052. The proposed property tax to be collected in fiscal year 26 is $7,000,008.62,” she said, adding she believed the figures were correct based on the notice she had seen.
The board clarified that the county’s levy rates are unchanged from the prior year and said the primary difference reflected on the notice is the county’s voted debt-service levy for the jail. “Our levies are the same for this year as they were last year,” the Board Chair said. “The difference in tax dollars that we’re asking for is, about 11 almost $12,000.”
The supervisors opened and closed the hearing by voice motions. The board described this meeting as the first public hearing on the draft budget and said staff would continue work on the budget through the coming week. The board scheduled a final public hearing on the budget for April 22 and said the adopted budget will be published in the paper before finalization.
No formal changes to levy rates or budget totals were adopted at the hearing; the meeting served as an opportunity for public comment and for the board to receive staff clarifications about the notice and levy composition.
