By Stan Matthews
County Communications Program Manager
The San Juan County Assessor’s Office has certified the tax levies and levy rates for 2011 taxes. Overall, there was an average increase of 9.1% in rates, primarily due to increases in the state levy and each of the local school levies. San Juan and nearby smaller islands also share an increase due to the emergency services levy.
The state levy accounts for an average of 42.8% of the property taxes paid by county taxpayers. School levies are submitted to the assessor by the Northwest Educational Service District 189 and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The San Juan Island Emergency Medical Services levy was approved by voters on February 9, 2010.
San Juan County Treasurer Jan Sears reports that her office mailed 20,127 San Juan County tax bills on February 18 and that an additional 193 bills that required adjustments before mailing will go to the post office today, February 24.
For more information, go to https://sanjuanco.com/news/News/LevyChanges2-16-11.docx.pdf
contact County Assessor Charles Zalmanek at 378-2172 or go to www.sanjuanco.com/assessor
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