Property tax levies officially set for political subdivisions in York County

​YORK – The York County Commissioners, sitting as the York County Board of Equalization, officially adopted all the property tax levies for the political subdivisions in York County, during their regular meeting this past week.

​Commissioner Randy Obermier noted, “Sometimes the general public might be confused when we adopt these levies. We set them but we don’t determine the levies for the different subdivisions, we don’t do their budgets and we have nothing to do with that process on their end. The levies are presented to us and we officially adopt them.
“That said, a couple of these subdivisions should thank the county clerk for calling them and asking for them to send these in because they hadn’t yet,” Obermier said. “If she hadn’t done that, they would have lost their taxing authority for the year and maybe that should happen sometimes because it’s not the county clerk’s job to tell them what their jobs are. Everyone has to play by the same set of rules.”
He said two subdivisions were so late in sending in their levy information, they nearly missed the board of equalization’s scheduled action.
“So thank you, Mary (County Clerk Melby) for doing that for them,” Obermier added.
The following are the total levies set for this year:

• York County: .181437
• York County Ag Society: .003012
• York County Historical Society: .000733
• Upper Big Blue NRD: .017861
• Benedict: .336885
• Bradshaw: .400503
• Gresham: .364288
• Henderson: .635106
• Lushton: .041618
• McCool: .166843
• Thayer: .106321
• Waco: .467837
• York: .230000
• Benedict Fire District: .016556
• Bradshaw Fire District: .023178
• Gresham Fire District: .028592
• Henderson Fire District: .014582
• McCool Fire District: .02783
• Waco Fire District: .017824
• York Fire District: .020285
• Heartland School: .440743; bond .062836; bond .057597
• McCool School: .641615
• York School: .916922; bond, .10176
• Thayer Cemetery: .002714
• Vernon Cemetery: .001035
• Waco Cemetery: .002411

All of the levies decreased this year, compared to last year, because of the increases in valuation throughout the county. However, the levy for the York County Historical Society last year was zero as no levies had been submitted for the past three years, that year included. The following are the tax levies set in October, 2024:

• York County: .213943
• York County Ag Society: .003617
• York County Historical Society: .000
• Upper Big Blue NRD: .019725
• Benedict Village: .442301
• Bradshaw Village: .449944
• Gresham Village: .50000
• City of Henderson: .809308
• Lushton Village: .048246
• McCool Village: .286348
• Thayer Village: .12035
• Waco Village: .546583
• City of York: .285000
• Benedict Fire District: .020273
• Bradshaw Fire District: .27992
• Gresham Fire District: .032762
• Henderson Fire District: .016551
• McCool Fire District: .03506
• Waco Fire District: .018893
• York Fire District: .024396
• Heartland Community School District: (three levies, for general and bonds) .456544, .07376, .067609
• McCool Junction School District: .769393
• York School District: 1.115177
• Plainfield Cemetery: .001714
• Thayer Cemetery: .003169
• Vernon Cemetery: .001237
• Waco Cemetery: .002792