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Douglas County notifies clerk it will exceed state revenue‑neutral rate; hearing set for Aug. 27
Summary
The commission authorized staff to notify the county clerk that the county intends to exceed the 2026 revenue‑neutral rate and to hold the revenue‑neutral hearing and budget hearing on Aug. 27; staff used an adjusted proposed mill levy of 40.669 mills for the notice, above the county clerk’s calculated 39.958 mills.
Douglas County commissioners authorized staff July 16 to notify the county clerk of the board’s intent to adopt a 2026 mill levy that exceeds the county clerk’s revenue‑neutral rate and to schedule the revenue‑neutral hearing and the budget hearing for Aug. 27.
Brooke (county staff) explained that state law requires notice to taxpayers when a jurisdiction proposes to adopt a budget that results in revenue higher than the prior year’s collection (the “revenue‑neutral” calculation). The county clerk established a revenue‑neutral rate of 39.958 mills for 2026. Commissioners…
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