Residents see increase in tax rate

COUNCIL BLUFFS — The Pottawattamie County Board on Monday unanimously voted to raise taxes for the next fiscal year.

The board voted to levy $31.3 million in taxes compared with $28.4 million last year.

The county's property tax rate for city residents in the county would rise from $7.29 per $1,000 of taxable valuation to $7.40.

The rural service levy fell from $3.18 per $1,000 of taxable valuation to $3.14. County residents' property tax levy will rise from $10.47 to $10.54.

Council Bluffs City Councilman Matt Walsh said at the Monday meeting that the board is shifting costs to urban residents by lowering the rural service levy.

County Board Chairman Melvyn Houser said the budget was tough, but the board did the best it could to spare services and jobs.

— World-Herald News Service

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