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Budget committee approves $19.2 million Urban Road Maintenance District budget, holds permanent rate at $0.2456
Summary
The Washington County Budget Committee approved a $19,213,564 budget for the Urban Road Maintenance District (URMD) and maintained the district's permanent property tax rate at $0.2456 per $1,000 of assessed value. Presenters described pavement condition targets, planned slurry and overlay miles, and a paused sidewalk/pedestrian project program.
The Washington County Budget Committee voted unanimously to approve the fiscal year 2025'26 Urban Road Maintenance District (URMD) budget of $19,213,564 and to levy the district's permanent property tax rate of $0.2456 per $1,000 of assessed value.
Sherry Gray, URMD coordinator, and Todd Watkins, Division Manager for LUT Operations, described the district's purpose: to maintain neighborhood and local streets inside the urban growth boundary that are not city streets. They told the committee URMD serves roughly 216,000 residents across nearly 70,000 tax lots and generated about $6.6 million in URMD assessments in the prior fiscal year.
Gray said the district's primary mandate is maintenance of local streets and stressed that URMD does not hire its own crews; work is performed under contract by county operations. She said the district's assessment rate has been effectively…
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