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Official says modest millage adjustment would cost average homeowner about $0.20 a day
Summary
An agency official proposed a modest adjustment to the county property tax millage to help fund housing and other services, estimating the change would cost the average homeowner about $0.20 per day (about $69 per year); the remark was presented as a proposal, not a finalized tax increase.
An agency official said the county is proposing a modest adjustment to the property tax millage rate to support new housing investments and other services. "For the average homeowner, it's about 20¢ a day or approximately $69 per year," the official said, presenting the homeowner impact as an illustration of the change's scale.
The official framed the adjustment as a response to reduced federal and state funding for county services and said local revenue is required to sustain investments in housing, public safety, workforce development and health care access. The remarks did not include ordinance language, a proposed millage figure, or a timeline for public hearings; the proposal was communicated as a policy direction rather than a formal board action.
The transcript contained a wording error (it reads "military"), which has been corrected in this report to "millage rate" to reflect standard property tax terminology and the context of the remarks. The county did not provide precise rate or ordinance text during the remarks, and next procedural steps for the proposal were not specified.
