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Resident asks why millage isn't cut more as property values rise
Summary
During matters from citizens, a resident asked why the county did not lower its millage rate further given rising property values; commissioners and staff replied that state law changes and other taxing authorities complicate immediate reductions.
At the 'matters from citizens' portion of the meeting, a resident asked why the county had not cut the millage rate more despite increases in property values.
"And for the citizens, why if property values have increased, why can't we, bring the millage rate down more?" the resident (S5) asked. The question prompted a multi-part response from the chair and staff, who said the board has reduced the millage rate but that House Bill 581 and other taxing authorities affect final bills.
Staff clarified that estimates mailed to residents mix maintenance-and-operations (M&O) and school board taxes and that homesteaded properties may be taxed based on last year's values under the state law, meaning mailed estimates are not necessarily the final tax owed.
