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District reviews timber receipts and proposes EP&O levy rollback to honor promised rate
Summary
Superintendent presented timber revenue figures and proposed rolling back the newly passed EP&O levy to reach a $1.50 per $1,000 target. Staff estimated a rollback would lower district collections from the planned $1.5M to $1.3M and reduce district receipts by roughly $180,000 across two years while saving households about $100 on taxes.
Diana briefed the board on timber revenue and how changes to timber assessed value (TAV) affect the district's Educational Programs & Operations (EP&O) levy rate and collections.
She explained that timber receipts were strong last year (about $1.1 million in timber dollars) but that the timber assessed value had fallen, which increased the levy rate required to reach the previously stated collection amount. "So instead, we would lose $90,000 out of this year's budget and 90,000 out of next year's. We would lose a total of a 180,000, which we can afford," Diana said, arguing the district could roll back the levy to achieve $1.50 per $1,000 rather than collect the full $1,500,000 previously projected.
Diana said the rollback would be implemented by filing a resolution with the county before Nov. 30; staff would prepare simple explanatory materials for voters showing last year's timber dollars, the proposed rollback amount and what it would mean for an average household. Board members asked questions about how assessed values changed and requested clearer charts for public communications. The board did not adopt the rollback at the meeting but directed staff to prepare the resolution and outreach materials for return at the next meeting.
No formal vote occurred on the rollback; the item was framed as a recommended communications and administrative step to honor the district's original intent for rate-setting.
