Elizabethtown Independent
August 22, 2017 5:30 PM
Special Hearing Regarding Proposed Property Tax Rates for 2018
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX TATES FOR 2018
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Remarks Prior to Public Hearing

 

Remarks Prior To Public Hearing

 

Superintendent Comments

 

The purpose of this hearing is to receive any comments from the public in regard to the proposed 2017-18 tax levy for Elizabethtown Schools.  The proposed tax levy is:

 

Real Estate

General Purposes (including exonerations allowance)  $0.697 (cents)

Building Fund                                                $0.112(cents) 

Total Property Tax Levy                                 $0.809 (cents)

 

 

Personal Property

General Purposes (including exonerations allowance)  $0.697(cents)

Building Fund                                                $0.112 (cents)

Total Property Tax Levy                                 $0.809 (cents)

 

The 2016-17 property tax levy was $0.78 cents on real estate and $0.78 cents on personal property.

 

A Motor Vehicle Tax of $0.538 (cents) and the three percent (3%) Utility Tax are also proposed.

 

The total certified value of property subject to school tax increased from $721,850,566 in

2016-17 to $731,656,007 in 2017-18 an increase of 1.34%.  This includes $4,391,905 in new property.

 

Any person wishing to make an expression should sign the sign in sheet (point to where it is located) now, if you have not already done so.

 

[Turn the hearing back to the Board Chair.]

 

 

 

Board Chair Comments

 

The Board will now hear comments from the individuals who have signed up to comment on the 2017-18 proposed tax levy.

 

 

[Comments from the public]

 

 

Board Chair:  Thank you for your comments.  The hearing is now adjourned.

III. ADJOURNMENT
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Thank you for your comments. 

The meeting is now adjourned