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Columbia Heights board adopts 6.7% levy increase to fund Valley View projects
Summary
After the statutorily required Truth in Taxation hearing, the Columbia Heights board approved a $15.65 million levy for taxes payable 2026, a 6.7% increase largely driven by debt service for the Valley View Elementary projects; the average estimated impact is about $76 a year on a $275,000 home.
Columbia Heights Public Schools on Tuesday approved the district’s 2025 payable 2026 levy of $15,649,287 — a 6.7% increase the board certified after a required Truth in Taxation public hearing.
At the hearing Matthew Hammer, senior municipal adviser with Ehlers, outlined statewide funding pressures and the district’s FY26 budget context. He said general fund revenue and state aid remain the district’s primary funding sources and that the proposed levy increase — about $979,000 in…
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