PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE (PH-2020-02)
CLARKE COUNTY TAX RATES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020
The Clarke County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the Berryville-Clarke County Government Center (second-floor Main meeting room) 101 Chalmers Ct., Berryville, Va., to consider the following matter:
This public hearing is held for the purpose of hearing citizens who wish to comment on the proposed local tax levies for the year beginning January 1, 2020, in accordance with Section 58.1-3007 et. seq. of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended:
NOTICE OF PROPOSED REAL PROPERTY TAX INCREASE
1. Assessment Increase: Total assessed value of real property, excluding additional assessments due to new construction or improvements to property, exceeds last year’s total assessed value of real property by 10.42 percent.
2. Lowered Rate Necessary to Offset Increased Assessment: The tax rate which would levy the same amount of real estate tax as last year, when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate with the exclusions mentioned above, would be $.615 per $100 of assessed value. This rate will be known as the “lowered tax rate.”
3. Effective Rate Increase: The County of Clarke proposes to adopt a tax rate of $.64 per $100 of assessed value. The difference between the lowered tax rate and the proposed rate would be $.025 per $100, or 4% percent. This difference will be known as the “effective tax rate increase.” Individual property taxes may, however, increase at a percentage greater than or less than the above percentage
4. Proposed Total Budget Increase: Based on the proposed real property tax rate and changes in other revenues, the total budget of the County of Clarke will exceed last year's by 2.8% percent.
It should be noted that no tax rate for the current year has been adopted by the Board of Supervisors at this time. The rates listed above reflect the rates that would be necessary to raise the required revenue if the budget for the fiscal year 2020-2021 should be adopted as advertised.
Complete Public Hearing Notice
COVID-19 NOTICE:
• Both sessions of the April 21, 2020, Board of Supervisors meeting are open to the public, including two Public Hearings during evening session; however…
• No more than 10 people are allowed in the room at one time, including Supervisors and staff.
• An additional 10 people may watch the meeting on a TV monitor in the second-floor lobby.
• Meeting will also be streamed live on the “Clarke County, Virginia” YouTube channel.
• Citizens may submit comments in advance to County Administrator Chris Boies at cboies@clarkecounty.gov. Comments received before or during the meeting will be read aloud and entered into public record.
• Board of Supervisors will also accept comments via email through April 24. Those comments will also be entered into public record.
