August 26, 2010

Columbia Public Schools Raise Tax Rates

From KMIZ:

Taxpayers (in Columbia) will see an increase on their December tax bill.

On Thursday the Columbia Public School Board of Education approved a 14.75-cent increase to its current tax rate.

The district will use the money to make up for a $23.6 million shortfall in property tax revenue.

If you live within the school district the operating tax rate would increase from $3.9698 per $100 of assessed value to $4.1173, which remains below a cap approved by voters in 2003.

School Superintendent Chris Belcher says "The increase will allow the district to maintain the same level of local funding necessary to sustain a balanced budget."

No comments:

Post a Comment

All comments are moderated before being posted. Postings are at the sole discretion of the blog moderator. Anonymous postings are no longer allowed. I encourage your comments, but put you name on the bottom line!