Brookfield Property Tax Bills To Rise Less Than 2 Percent
After a one-year drop in Elmbrook School District taxes last year, December total bills will increase slightly. Aldermen Tuesday adopted their portion of the total bill, calling it a status quo budget for 2013.
After seeing a one-year drop in school taxes last year, Brookfield residents living in the Elmbrook School District will see their December property tax bills rise by about 1 percent. City taxpayers in the Elmbrook district will pay a total of about $16.49 per $1,000 of assessed property value, while city taxpayers in the Waukesha School District will pay about $15.89 per $1,000 of assessed home value. For Elmbrook taxpayers, that translates to a total tax increase of about $63 for the average priced home worth $335,000, City Finance Director Robert Scott said. Those amounts may change slightly after the state's tax levy credit amounts are finalized. Aldermen on Tuesday unanimously adopted a 2013 city budget that staff says maintains a …
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Cindy Kilkenny
2:15 pm on Friday, November 30, 2012
I'd love to see a chart re: budget surpluses by all taxing bodies each of the last five years. (I'm so much better at begging than doing.) more ›