Refused to raise
the tax levy
In August of 2018 we held to our fiscally conservative values and refused to raise the tax levy.
We made a responsible decision to borrow $10 million
dollars. Many municipalities and
counties use borrowing as an avenue to raise taxes without a referendum. Our County Controller calculated that, if we
chose to raise the levy, tax rates would go up by $.12 per thousand dollars in
home value for 2019, instead of decreasing by $.09 per thousand dollars, a swing of $.21
per thousand.
An amendment was put forward to raise the levy, instead of
making our debt payments out of existing funds.
Only 6 supervisors voted for that amendment, while I was one of 18
Supervisors who banded together to vote no to increasing taxes. While some of my neighbors would prefer that
we begin to raise the tax levy, more of them have expressed a desire for fiscal
restraint and discipline.
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