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Dundy County adopts 2024-25 budget and sets property tax request above allowable growth
Summary
After a joint public hearing and follow-up special meeting in September, the Dundy County Board of Commissioners adopted the 2024-25 budget, approved resolutions adopting appropriations and subdivision tax rates, and set a property tax request that exceeds allowable growth. Officials cited rising costs for insurance, wages and fuel as primary drivers.
Dundy County commissioners voted Sept. 24 to adopt the county’s 2024-25 budget, approve related resolutions and set a property tax request that exceeds the state’s allowable-growth percentage.
At a Sept. 23 joint public hearing, Chairman Scott Olson said Dundy County’s allowable growth was 2.18 percent and the county’s proposed tax asking totaled $2,804,503.00. Olson told residents the county’s assessed value rose about 6 percent year-over-year and that the combination of higher valuations and rising costs — notably insurance, wages, fuel and equipment — contributed to the increase in the county’s tax asking.
Residents asked how valuations were set and why some parcels saw large increases. Commissioners referred questions about individual parcel revaluations to the County Assessor. Commissioner Aaron Keiser and Olson said many cost pressures are outside the board’s direct control.
After the hearing the board convened a special meeting on Sept. 24 and approved Resolution 76-2024-11 (Adoptions and Appropriations), Resolution 76-2024-12 (Adoption of Subdivision Tax Rates) and Resolution 76-2024-13 (Setting the Property Tax Request). Each motion passed unanimously. County officials said corrected notice postcards were reprinted when clerical changes were discovered and that the public was given opportunities to comment at the required hearings.
Next procedural steps: the county clerk has the signed budget message on file and the county will publish adopted budgets and make copies available at the Dundy County Clerk’s Office.
Sources: presentations and motions recorded at the Sept. 23 joint public hearing and Sept. 24 special meeting. The board invited taxpayers to contact the county clerk for further detail on the adopted budget and tax figures.
