Latah County will levy about $495,000 more in property taxes next year than this year.
Latah County already had the 4th highest property taxes in Idaho. I’ll have to look how this moves us up in the rankings.
On Monday, Latah County commissioners approved a $20,571,178 fiscal 2020 budget, which starts Oct. 1. The total budget is $801,726 more than the current budget, which ends Sept. 30.
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Clerk/Auditor/Recorder Henrianne Westberg told the commissioners Monday during her budget presentation the $495,000 property tax budget increase comes from a 3-percent allowable property tax increase, which the commissioners approved for the fourth straight year, plus new construction values. A larger tax base contributed to the decreased levy rate, resulting in lower taxes due per $100,000 of taxable valuation.
“If the state would fund the schools with what they should be funding them, we wouldn’t have to be raising our property taxes,” Commissioner Dave McGraw said. “I take that to say that the legislators feel they need to protect citizens from us evil county commissioners, city council members and us evil school board members.”