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Taos County approves 2025 property tax rates after staff review
Summary
Taos County commissioners voted unanimously to adopt the 2025 property tax rates after a staff review of state-submitted rates and taxable valuations; commissioners pressed staff over large millage changes in some local jurisdictions but approved the rates to meet statutory deadlines.
Taos County commissioners voted unanimously to approve the county's 2025 property tax rates following a staff presentation on statewide-submitted rates and the county's taxable valuation.
Maria Dimas, the treasurer/finance presenter, told the commission the county "received the tax rates from the state of New Mexico" and reported the county's taxable valuation as, in her words, "1 point, 8,000,000,000 and change and, taxable," and cited last year's growth of $59,765,866 and a set of valuation protests. Commissioners pressed staff on specific decreases reported in some districts — notably a drop in Penasco school capital-improvement mills and a substantial municipal levy decrease in Red River — and Dimas said staff had checked with the affected entities and the treasurer's office and treated non-responses as confirmation for finalization.
Despite lingering questions about some district-level numbers, Commissioner (speaker 4) moved to adopt the rates and a roll-call vote recorded all affirmative votes. The commission's action finalizes the local portion of rates for 2025 so the county can meet state timelines for tax-certification.
The discussion included specific protest statistics reported by staff (216 protests filed, 153 resolved, with roughly $55 million cited as full value under protest in the presentation). Commissioners asked staff to continue outreach to entities showing large changes so any clerical or input errors can be corrected before final tax bills issue.
