Josephine council adopts 2025–26 property tax rate of 0.468097 per $100

The City of Josephine City Council adopted an ordinance Aug. 20 setting the proposed property tax rate for fiscal year 2025–26 at 0.468097 per $100 of taxable valuation.

Council opened a public hearing at 7:02 p.m. to receive input on the proposed rate and closed the hearing one minute later after no members of the public spoke. Council then considered an ordinance to levy taxes "to provide revenue for the payment of current expenses, providing for an interest and sinking fund for all outstanding debt of the City of Josephine beginning Oct. 1, 2025, and ending Sept. 30, 2026," according to the motion offered during the meeting.

An unidentified council member moved to adopt the ordinance and another member seconded. The clerk conducted a roll-call-style affirmation voiced in the transcript as a sequence of "Aye" responses; the presiding official noted the mayor was present but did not cast a vote and that one council member (Brad) was absent. The motion passed.

The ordinance sets the rate at 0.468097 per $100 valuation; meeting remarks said the rate would be effective for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2025. The transcript listed a percentage increase as both "3.1" and "3.61%" and included an unclear statement about the dollar impact on a $100,000 home (recorded in the transcript as "approximately $0"). The precise dollar increase per homeowner was not specified in the hearing record.

No amendments to the ordinance were recorded during the meeting. The city administrator was assigned to follow up with details discussed in the executive session at a future meeting.

The ordinance was approved at the Aug. 20 meeting and will take effect according to the dates cited in the adopted language.