On the Move

According to the latest data from the office of the Washington County Property Appraiser, the taxable value of the real estate in Washington County is $ 996,488,491.00, just a tad shy of One Billion Dollars.

That is a $355,322,334.00 increase over fiscal 2005, representing an increase of 55.42 percent.

The previous year the increase was $ 89,540,627.00, an increase of 16.23 percent.

All in all the taxable value of Washington County has doubled since fiscal 2002, and , accordingly, so has the tax collected by both the Washington County Board of County Commissioners and the Washington County School District.

Even with the proposed reduced millage of 1.0 mils by the County Commission, they will receive $2,379,074 tax dollars more than last year, and almost $3 million more than in 2004. The School District has reduced their millage by 0.50 mils, a change for the better, but not likely to remain that way, as the school district plans to get into school facilities improvements shortly.