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Wallowa County adopts 2026 levies, including 1.97% general levy and 2.5% roads levy
Summary
After closed public hearings with no public testimony, the Wallowa County Board of Commissioners adopted its 2026 levies: a 1.97% general/current‑expense levy (including banked capacity) and a 2.5% road levy; the board also approved the EMS district levy at 1% and unchanged veterans and noxious‑weed assessments.
The Wallowa County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 24 adopted its 2026 property‑tax levies following public hearings that produced no testimony. Commissioners voted to set the general/current‑expense levy at 1.97% (the 1% statutory increase plus 0.97% banked capacity) and a county road levy at 2.5%; both measures were approved unanimously as recorded.
Commissioner Kimball said the board faces a structural gap in next year’s budget and that asking departments and elected offices for steep reductions was not enough to close…
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