Barnes tax increase, stems in part, state, fed cuts

Valley City  (CSi)  Faced with cuts in state and federal spending the Barnes County Commission has unanimously approved a Mill Levy increase of 7.62 Mills in the 2017 budget.

The current Mill levy of 96.43 increases to 104.05 mills.

The increase will allow the county to continue with services.

The hike means that agricultural  or commercial property valued at $100,000 will get a tax increase of $38.10.

Residential property valued at $100,000 will receive a tax increase of $34.29.

The adopted Barnes County 2017 budget is $7,983,400, compared to the 2016 budget of $7,083,557.