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Woodland keeps city tax rate flat, approves phased utility increases and pays down water loan
Summary
On Nov. 3, Woodland City Council voted to keep the city’s ad valorem tax rate at the prior-year level (Ordinance 1581, first reading), approved phased water/sewer/stormwater rate increases (13% in 2026 and 13% in 2027), and adopted resolutions to use investment and reserve funds to pay down or retire municipal loans for water filters 2 and 3.
Woodland City Council on Nov. 3 voted to keep the city portion of property taxes at the prior-year rate and to adopt a phased utility-rate schedule intended to build reserves for upcoming water-filter replacements and other capital needs.
Mayor (name not given) opened the meeting’s public hearing on Ordinance 1581 — described in the agenda as “fixing the amount to be provided by ad valorem taxes upon property in the City of Woodland in 2026” — and told residents the city’s proposal was to hold the city’s rate at 0% change from the prior year. “The budget delivers no tax increases,” the mayor said during the budget workshop that followed, stressing that school levies and county assessments are separate taxing districts and not controlled by the city.
Council moved and approved the first reading of Ordinance 1581. The first-reading…
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