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Clear Creek County commissioners certify property tax levies, cite reporting adjustments
Summary
The Clear Creek County Board of County Commissioners unanimously adopted Resolution R25‑88 to certify property tax levies for taxing jurisdictions; staff said technical reporting limits and a county tax‑credit reduced some reported dollar totals while mill rates themselves were unchanged.
The Clear Creek County Board of County Commissioners voted to adopt Resolution R25‑88 certifying property tax levies for all taxing jurisdictions within the county.
Rachel Harlow Schock, who presented the item, said certification is the final step in the budget and property‑tax process and that the board must submit the certification to state authorities to meet the statewide statutory deadline of Dec. 22. “This is the last step in your piece of ensuring that those taxes are levied next year,” she said.
Schock told commissioners the county used a tax‑credit method this year that produces reductions on the levy lines in the county’s report. She said a statewide data system requires amounts to be reported with three decimal places, and local jurisdictions sometimes produced dollar totals that appeared off because they were calculated in spreadsheets with greater precision. “If you see major distinctions, it’s this holding to the 3 decimal points,” she said.
Commissioners asked about several line items that showed negative amounts. Schock said the county does not validate why a jurisdiction reports a negative figure; it validates that the math conforms to the state reporting format. She said possible reasons include the application of statutory caps, a particular tax‑credit approach, or local policy decisions about mill reductions.
After questions, a commissioner moved to adopt the resolution; another commissioner seconded the motion. The board approved the measure by voice vote; the chair declared the motion passed.
The certification process sends the county’s certified levies to the state assessor and the state division of treasury for inclusion in the statewide mill‑levy records. Schock said the county’s work focused on ensuring the reported figures fit the state system’s decimal‑place constraints rather than changing jurisdictions’ chosen mills.
The board did not take separate roll‑call votes; the action was completed by voice vote and the meeting adjourned shortly afterward.
