Measure 17-121 - Veterans Service Office Five Year Local Option Tax

Summary

The Josephine County Veterans Service Office is available to support around 9,000 military veterans. The office helps local veterans obtain federal, state and county benefits for which they are eligible. The office also provides veterans outreach services, and helps veterans' families learn about and apply for survivor benefits. The Veterans Service Office is mostly funded by the County General Fund. Other programs, such as the Sheriff's Office, also receive funds from the General Fund. The Veterans Service Office would receive no General Fund dollars while this five-year local option tax is in effect. The funds raised by this measure would be spent only on operations at the Veterans Service Office and on required administrative expenses. At $0.05 per $1,000, for every $100,000 of assessed value, the tax would cost $.42 per month, or $5 per year. The approximate tax increase for a home valued at the County's average residential assessed value of $226,030 would be approximately $11.30 per year. The proposed rate would raise approximately $510,000 in fiscal year 2025-2026, $526,600 in 2026-2027, $543,700 in 2027-2028, $561,400 in 2028-2029, and $579,600 in 2029-2030, for a total of $2,721,200. The estimated tax cost for this measure is an ESTIMATE ONLY based on the best information available from the county assessor at the time of the estimate and may reflect the impact of early payment discounts, compression and the collection rate.

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