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Board adopts real-estate tax-exemption changes for elderly and disabled residents
Summary
After a finance-committee recommendation, the board approved Ordinance 2026-34 to raise income limits and modify tiers for real-estate tax relief for elderly and disabled residents; the motion passed unanimously.
The finance committee recommended and the board adopted changes to the county's real-estate tax exemption thresholds for elderly and disabled residents.
Staff explained the proposed tiers and their fiscal impact: households with income up to $30,000 would be eligible for a 100% exemption; incomes between $30,000 and $35,000 would receive a 75% reduction; between $35,000 and $40,000 a 50% reduction; incomes over $40,000 would not qualify. The committee described the change as an update to long-standing limits that had not been raised in many years.
The board voted to adopt Ordinance 2026-34 (amending sections of county code related to real-estate tax exemptions). The roll call yielded unanimous approval and the chair announced "Motion passes 8 to 0." The change was described as intended to help elderly and disabled residents in a county with limited resources.
