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York County commissioners adopt 2025–26 tax request and appropriation; levy and ARPA discussed
Summary
The commission adopted a property tax request of $8,674,007.87 for the 2025–26 fiscal year and approved appropriations. Commissioners discussed valuation changes, a lower levy compared with the prior year when ambulance assessments are excluded, and ARPA-funded paving projects used to reduce taxpayer expense.
At a York County Board of Commissioners meeting, the board adopted a resolution setting the county's property tax request for the 2025'2 fiscal year and a companion resolution adopting appropriations for that budget.
The board recorded a property tax request figure of $8,674,007.87 to fund county services for the 2025'2 budget year. The components discussed included a general fund amount of $7,508,807.30, a highway bond payment (a 2020, 10-year bond tied to an $8 million project) of $805,295, and an ambulance assessment representing contracted ambulance services paid by eligible taxpayers totaling $359,905.57. Board discussion noted assessed valuation ranges presented earlier in the meeting.
The meeting included a review of levy-rate changes presented by county staff. Speakers noted last year's levy was 0.213943 and the current levy is 0.178009; when ambulance-assessed parcels are excluded, the levy is 0.170622 (described in the meeting as roughly a three-cent decrease compared with last year). County staff also illustrated how the effective tax rate compares to last year's valuation.
County officials told the board that ARPA funds have been used to complete paving projects and that $2,300,000 in federal ARPA funding had been applied to infrastructure work. County staff also said a planned transfer of roughly $750,000 in cash reserves to the general fund was reduced by about $150,000 to keep reserves at a level the board preferred.
The board moved and seconded the tax-request resolution, heard additional discussion about the timing and detail of budget development, and approved the resolution by roll call. Following that action, the appropriation resolution to authorize spending from the adopted budget also passed on a roll call vote.
Why it matters Adoption of the tax request and appropriations sets the county's spending authority and triggers subsequent statutory steps to certify the levy and publish budget documents. The use of ARPA funds for road projects was cited as a way to reduce direct taxpayer expenses for paving work.
What happens next County staff will publish the adopted budget and proceed with statutory submissions. The clerk indicated the board will continue to examine targeted cost savings during the coming year and revisit areas that could be trimmed further.
