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Owensboro holds required public hearing; commission lowers real property tax rate for 2025–26

5784702 · September 17, 2025
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Summary

City held a statutory public hearing and later approved Ordinance 16-2025 lowering the real property tax rate to $0.256 per $100 assessed value; personal property and vehicle rates were set as proposed.

The City of Owensboro on Sept. 16 conducted a public hearing on its proposed 2025 property tax rates as required by Kentucky Revised Statute 132.027 and later approved the levy ordinance on second reading.

At the public hearing the city clerk, Angela Wiger, summarized the numbers: last year’s real property tax rate was $0.261 per $100 of assessed value, producing $11,508,071 in real-property revenue. The city’s…

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