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Montgomery County approves 2025 tax rates; local boards keep levies
Summary
At a Sept. 2, 2025 Montgomery County special meeting, officials adopted an ordinance setting the countys 2025 tax rates and approved levies for the county library, fire and ambulance district, extension office and police department; a public tax hearing is set for Sept. 18.
Montgomery County officials at a Sept. 2, 2025 special meeting adopted an ordinance setting the countys 2025 tax rates and approved 2025 levies for multiple local agencies, while scheduling a public tax hearing for Sept. 18 for transparency.
The meeting moved through a second reading of the countys tax ordinance and a motion to adopt was made by Ralph Charles; a second was given and the motion carried. The chair said the countys compensating rate for real property this year is 6.3 percent, down from 6.4 percent last year.
The Montgomery County Public Library reported that its board voted to set a compensating rate of 7.9 percent for real property and 8.49 percent for personal property for 2025. A representative identified only as Melissa confirmed the 7.9 percent figure when asked. A motion to approve the librarys rates was made, seconded and carried.
County staff announced the Montgomery County Fire and Ambulance District elected to keep its 2025 rates unchanged from last year (the transcript does not include a clear numeric rate). The Montgomery County Extension Board reported it would keep rates the same as the prior year: real property 5.5 percent and personal property 9.38 percent; the compensating rate referenced in the meeting for that jurisdiction was noted as 5.8 percent. The Montgomery County Police Department likewise remained at the prior-year rates across categories for 2025. Motions to approve those local rates were made and carried (the transcript does not record roll-call vote tallies or name-by-name votes).
On scheduling, the body noted a 45-day statutory window from Aug. 6 for final determinations and set a public tax hearing for Thursday, Sept. 18. The chair said, "We'll do that for transparency." The meeting recessed for 10 minutes before concluding workshop business.
What the meeting decided and what happens next: the county-level ordinance adopting the 2025 tax rates was approved at second reading; the library, fire and ambulance district, extension office and police department levies were approved; a public tax hearing is scheduled for Sept. 18. The transcript does not include roll-call vote tallies or named seconders for motions; those details were not specified.
