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Ashe County adopts $166.58 million FY25-26 budget; property tax rate held at 44 cents
Summary
The Ashe County Board of Commissioners approved the FY 2025–26 budget ordinance of $166,579,288, held the ad valorem tax rate at $0.44 per $100 of assessed value, set fire district levies and adopted new fee schedules and plans including inspections fee increases and the JCPC county plan.
The Ashe County Board of Commissioners voted to approve the FY 2025–26 budget ordinance totaling $166,579,288 and set the county ad valorem tax rate at 44 cents per $100 of assessed value.
In the motion read aloud at the meeting, the board also set fire district tax rates per $100 of assessed value for fiscal year 2025–26 as follows: Creston 6 cents; Fleetwood 4 cents; Glendale Springs 7 cents; Lansing 6 cents; Warrensville 12 cents; Jefferson 3.9 cents; New River 7 cents; West Jefferson 6 cents; Laurel Springs 7 cents; Pond Mountain 8 cents; Todd 7 cents; Deep Gap 4 cents. The board set the Rescue MS tax district rate at 2.4 cents per $100; allocation language included in the motion regarding distribution of that revenue was not fully clear in the meeting record. The motion also set…
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