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Fayette County adopts 2025 property tax levy, holds millage rate steady
Summary
At a Dec. 8 special meeting the Fayette County Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution 2025-13 to levy the 2025 property tax. Chief Financial Officer Sheryl Weinmann said changes to the digest required re-advertising but the county’s millage rate remained unchanged; the motion passed 3-0.
Fayette County commissioners on Dec. 8 adopted Resolution 2025-13 to levy the county’s 2025 property tax after a final public hearing and a presentation from Chief Financial Officer Sheryl Weinmann.
Weinmann told the board that the Tax Commissioner’s Office made changes to the county digest that required the millage rate notice to be re-advertised. She said reassessments increased by 6.63 percent and changes to exemptions produced a change in the taxable digest; the presentation noted the total digest increased by $19,879. Weinmann said the proposed millage structure remained: General Fund maintenance and operations at 3.763 (unchanged), Fire Services at 2.82 (a decrease), Emergency Medical Services at 1.000 (an increase) and 911 Services at 0.210.
Using an example Weinmann provided, a home with an assessed value of $500,000 and a taxable value of $200,000 with the standard $5,000 homestead exemption would see a total tax bill of $62.59 under the presented calculations; she said the change in the General Fund maintenance and operations tax bill was $13.84 compared with the previously stated $13.45. Weinmann also told the board that Fayette County remained among the lowest counties for millage rates and cited a cumulative rollback savings since 2014 of $121.9 million, “or about $3,058 for residents,” as presented to the board.
With no members of the public speaking for or against the measure, Vice Chairman Edward Gibbons moved to adopt Resolution 2025-13; Commissioner Eric K. Maxwell seconded. The motion carried on a 3-0 vote. Chairman Lee Hearn, Vice Chairman Edward Gibbons and Commissioner Eric K. Maxwell voted yes; Commissioners Charles W. Oddo and Charles D. Rousseau were absent.
The board had earlier approved the meeting agenda by a 3-0 vote. Vice Chairman Gibbons moved to adjourn at the close of the special called meeting, Commissioner Maxwell seconded, and the meeting adjourned at 5:08 p.m.
The board’s minutes state the foregoing minutes were duly approved at an official meeting held Jan. 8, 2026; attachments are available upon request from the County Clerk’s Office.
