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Calvert City sets 2025–26 tax rates, adopts ordinance 25-09
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance 25-09 to set the 2025–26 ad valorem tax rates (0.259 per $100 real property; 0.25 per $100 motor vehicles; 0.259 per $100 commercial tangible personal property). The vote was recorded by roll call (4 yes, 2 absent).
Calvert City’s council adopted Ordinance 25-09 to set the city’s ad valorem tax rates for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. The ordinance as read sets an ad valorem tax of 0.259 per $100 of assessed real property value, 0.25 per $100 on motor vehicles and watercraft, and 0.259 per $100 on commercial tangible personal property, with revenues placed in the city’s general fund.
City staff read the ordinance and cited the Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) provisions governing assessment, collection and public service corporation taxation. A motion to adopt the ordinance was made by Speaker 2 and seconded by the mayor (Speaker 5). The clerk conducted a roll call: Councilwoman Shelton, Councilwoman Howard, Councilman Rauch and Councilman Brown recorded “yes”; Councilwoman Hale and Councilman Stokes were absent. With the required majority present, the council adopted the ordinance.
The ordinance specifies payment deadlines (taxes due Feb. 1, 2026; delinquent after March 1, 2026 with a 6% penalty) and directs payment to the Marshall County property valuation administrator for assessment and administrative fees.
