Montgomery County Commission adopts 2025 tax levies, including 3.5‑mill countywide levy

The Montgomery County Commission unanimously adopted a set of tax levies for the 2025 tax year at its Feb. 4 formal meeting, passing a bundle of resolutions to fund county operations, capital needs and school districts.

The commission approved a general county levy of $0.50 per $100 of taxable property and a separate special levy of $0.25 per $100 for public buildings, bridges and roads. The body also reaffirmed a long‑standing excise levy of one cent per gallon of motor fuel that is paid monthly to the county school fund.

Commissioners further approved two special ad valorem levies of $0.25 per $100 in the unincorporated county to provide funding for volunteer fire departments, and a countywide special tax at a rate of 3.5 mills for a consecutive 30‑year period that was authorized by an election in March 2024. (One mill equals $1 of tax per $1,000 of assessed value, so 3.5 mills equals $3.50 per $1,000 of assessed value.)

The commission also adopted district school levies established by prior referenda: an 18.5‑mill school tax for the Montgomery School Tax District and a 25.5‑mill school tax for the Pike Road School Tax District, each levied under the statutory authority cited in the resolutions.

Vice Chairman Moore‑Zeigler moved the tax package and Commissioner Castanza seconded; the motion carried unanimously. County staff recorded the resolutions in the meeting minutes and directed the Revenue Commissioner to assess and collect the taxes as authorized in the resolutions.

The levies approved on Feb. 4 take effect under the dates and statutory directions included in the adopted resolutions and will appear on the tax roll for the tax year that began Oct. 1, 2024.