— from San Juan County Communications —
Proposition 2, if approved, would renew a levy increase first approved by voters in 2009, and again in 2014 that supports a wide array of community programming and services including senior meals, parks and fair, 4-H, emergency management, and oil spill presentation.
The increase in the regular property tax levy would generate $1.7 million annually based on a property tax of 22 cents per $1,000 assessed value. Please refer to the County’s website for more information at www.sanjuanco.com/1642. Additional Info…
And the “temporary” levy lift (tax increase) continues, ten years later. The County should long ago have funded the critical services it always puts on the chopping block from its regular revenues, rather than the special emergency funding mechanisms. Instead, we have the ritual “if you don’t give us the levy lift, we’ll take away services to seniors and kids!” Is anyone aware of where to information regarding total County spending over the past 15 years? Most folks haven’t yet recovered from the jolt of our recent sizable property tax increases.