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County voters face tax issue Resolution would allow commissioners to increase mill levy
By Barbara Joseph Kansan staff writer
Voters in tomorrow's election will be asked to say yes or no to a resolution that would allow Douglas County commissioners to raise the mill levy for the county general fund.
Charter Resolution No. 88-61-1 would allow commissioners to increase the mill levy up to 10.5 mills, if needed. The current mill levy is 8.5 mills.
A homeowner with whose house has a market value of $50,000 has an assessed value of approximately $4,000 and would pay an additional $3 proper in the will levy was increased to the return, 10.9 mills.
mAx a mill is a tax rate of $1 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
A yes vote means the commissioners would be permitted to raise the levy. A no vote means the commissioners would not be permitted to raise the levy.
levy The resolution will be proposed to voters countywide. It would not automatically raise taxes.
It would not have happened. The resolution was placed on the ballot by a voter's petition about two months ago. Before the petition, the commission had requested an increase of two-tenths of a mill, which would have raised $43,000 in revenue.
raised $43,000 in revenue.
According to information provided by The League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas Co., the increase allowed by the resolution would have no effect until 1990 when the 1991 budget is prepared.
It would allow commissioners to raise an addi
tional $462,000 in revenue, for use in emergency funding for state-mandated programs. Such programs include community college tuition and legal defense services for juvenile offenders, child abuse victims and criminal defendants.
adobe victims and criminals The resolution also would allow financing of economic development, such as that at East Hills Business Park.
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Support of the resolution have argued that backbacks and loss of federal revenue sharing in social services make additional taxing authority necessary.
necessary. They also have said that it was the duty of the county to promote industrial development as a way to provide jobs for young people and keep them in the county. Job opportunities would increase the tax base.
increase the opportunities of the resolution have said that commissioners needed to establish better spending priorities and use current resources for these programs
They say that the county shouldn't be in the business of subsidizing private economic efforts or economic growth. Rapid growth could lead to increased taxes due to more demands for government services.
ment services.
The county general fund is one of 25 county funds. It is primarily supported by property taxes.
A survey of county commission candidates on the issue produced two yes votes, one no vote and one refusal to give an opinion.
"I would be in favor of allowing commissioners to raise, the mill levy to the limit," said I.J.
Stoneback, Democratic candidate for the 3rd District. Stoneback is running against Republican Loue McEhlanney for Commissioner Warren Rhodes 'seat'.
Robbins seat.
Another who would vote yes is Tom Pyle.
Republican candidate in the 2nd District, who is running against Democrat Mike Amyx. Pyle and Amyx are seeking Commissioner David Hopper's seat.
"It's (the referendum) only to give commissioners the opportunity to raise the mill levy; it doesn't mean they will." Pyle said. "I think it's terrible to handcuff the commissioners. The resolution amounts to providing emergency money they can get to if they need to."
get to it they need. Pyle said he did not believe in government by petition, believing petitions are favored by those who are not willing to run for office and deal realistically with the problems. He said the petitioners were also against economic growth.
"You have to have faith in the competence of the commission," Pyle said. "People have lost confidence in the current commission, but this will handcuff the new one."
Amyx said he was not in favor of allowing commissioners the option of raising the mill levy. "I felt they could have found $41,000 already in that budget somewhere without raising the mill levy." Amyx said.
McElhaney said he could see positive and negative sides to the issue. He would not give a definite opinion.
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