McCool Public School’s “pink postcard meeting” to be held Sept. 18

​YORK COUNTY – The McCool Public School District is the only taxing entity in York County this year which will need to hold a “pink postcard meeting,” which is required for taxing entities when their tax asking increase exceeds 2%.

​The McCool meeting will be held Sept. 18 at 7 p.m., at the McCool Public School gym, according to the York County Clerk’s office, which is charged with scheduling the meeting.
The property tax request for the school district is $3,156,566, according to the clerk’s office.
“There is no item on the agenda for this meeting other than discussion of the political subdivision’s intent to increase its property tax request by a percentage than the allowable growth percentage” defined by state law.
“Pink postcard” LB 644 meetings are required when taxing entities’ tax asking increase goes beyond 2%.
The meetings and the pink postcards used to notify taxpayers of the meetings are required, by a state law which went into effect two years ago.
Nebraska’s Property Tax Request Act (LB644) was passed by the state legislature in 2021 and took effect in 2022. The Act requires postcards to be sent to each parcel owner (in a taxing sub-district) which includes details about proposed increases and location information for a special hearing.
Two years ago, two school districts in the county had to hold pink postcard meetings. Last year, the county and Southeast Community College had to hold meetings.
This process includes the county contracting with a printing company to create the postcards, with information provided by the assessor’s office with collaboration of the county clerk’s office to set the hearing. The expense of the postcards is then covered by the political subdivision holding the hearing.
The affected taxpayers will receive the postcards and are encouraged to attend the meeting.