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Hubbard County board approves 5.9% levy increase, adopts $21.4 million levy for 2025
Summary
At a Truth in Taxation meeting, Hubbard County staff presented the proposed 2025 budget and a $21,400,000 levy (5.9% increase). After public questions about solid-waste fees and property assessments, the board approved the budget and levy and noted an interim county attorney appointment to be formalized Jan. 7.
Hubbard County officials on Friday presented the proposed 2025 county budget and a $21,400,000 property tax levy — a 5.9% increase from the previous year — and the board voted to approve the levy and associated resolution.
Jeff, who led the Truth in Taxation presentation, told the board and members of the public that the proposed levy would fund a roughly $78,000,000 county budget and that payroll costs, including cost-of-living and step increases and higher health-insurance expenses, are primary drivers of the increase. "And overall we're proposing a $21,400,000 levy on a $78,000,000 budget, which is a 5.9% increase from last year," Jeff said during the presentation.
Why it matters: Jeff said some of the year-over-year rise in reported revenues and expenditures is driven by roughly $13 million in pass-through highway project funding and that federal capital projects create cyclic…
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