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Crawford County tax levy and tax rate will go down

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By Ted Pennekamp

 

The Crawford County Board adopted the county’s 2021 budget during its annual budget hearing Tuesday morning.

The budget involves a tax levy of $8,907,537, which is down from the levy of $8,964,950 of 2020. The tax rate also went down. It was $7.48 in 2020, and will be $7.19 for 2021. A tax rate of $7.19 means that the owner of a property valued at $100,000 will pay $719 in property taxes for county purposes. The equalized county valuation went up. It was $1,198,895,900 in 2020. It is projected to be $1,239,107,900 in 2021.

The county’s budget also involves the short-term borrowing of $425,000 which will be paid back in 2021. The borrowing is being done so that the county does not exceed the state-imposed levy limit. The borrowing will be at an interest rate to be determined, but it will be at a low interest rate because it will be repaid within the same year.

New for 2021 in the county’s budget will be the $20 wheel tax. Finance Committee Chairman Duane Rogers said the wheel tax is expected to generate approximately $320,000 for the county.

The county’s sales and use tax is projected to increase. In 2020, the sales and use tax generated $1,532,000. In 2021, it is expected to be $1,617,500.

Wage Increase

The board also approved of a 2 percent wage increase for county employees. Rogers said this will result in an overall wage increase of $348,399.

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