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Owatonna board certifies 2.24% property tax levy for taxes payable 2026 after Truth in Taxation hearing
Summary
At a Truth in Taxation hearing Dec. 8, Director Mark Stotts reviewed the district's budget and proposed a 2.24% property tax levy increase for taxes payable in 2026. After no public comments, the board voted to certify the levy by voice vote.
The Owatonna Public School District board held a Truth in Taxation hearing on Dec. 8 and certified a proposed property tax levy that represents a 2.24% increase for taxes payable in 2026.
Director Mark Stotts presented the legal and practical context for school district levies, explaining that school budgets run on a July–June fiscal year, the state sets levy limits and aid formulas, and the board’s proposed levy was set at the state maximum. Stotts said the district had previously placed an operating-levy referendum on the November ballot that did not pass and that the…
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