Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
School board approves 2024-25 budget
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District's property tax rate will continue its downward trend in the upcoming fiscal year.
The 2024-25 levy rate approved at Monday's school board meeting is $12.56 per $1,000 of taxable valuation. According to Superintendent Patrick Carlin, H-M-S's property tax rate has declined since the high of $13.29 following passage of the bond issue in 2018.
Published property tax rates were $13.09 for 2021-22, $12.94 for 2022-23 and $12.85 for the current year. The final levy rate for 2024-25 is lower than the $12.74 which property taxpayers saw on a notice t...