The amount of taxes that will be charged to local property owners in 2020 has been set.

Each year, every local government, school district, and emergency service must approve the amount of property tax to be collected for that entity. Tax rates are applied to real estate and personal property owned in Warren County (with one exception, noted below).

The taxes are collected all at once by the county government at the end of the year, and then distributed appropriately.

Below are the property tax rates for each public entity in Warren County, noting any changes since last year.

Property taxes are written as an amount of money per $100 of assessed property valuation. And the assessed valuation of a property is only a percentage of its real market value.

To shortcut the math for residential property taxes, we also describe any change in tax payments as an amount per $100,000 in the value of a home.

Warren County

The county government’s tax for general operations is decreasing slightly, while the tax for road and bridge work will remain the same.

(These two tax rates won’t receive final approval until Sept. 8.)

General fund — $0.0987

Road and bridge — $0.1767

2020 total — $0.2754, a decrease of $0.0018.

Change per $100,000 home value — decrease of $0.342 per year.

Warren County Ambulance District

Unchanged from 2019.

General fund/2020 total — $0.4991

(An incorrect tax rate was published in a public notice in the Aug. 13 issue of The Record.)

Scenic Regional Library District

Unchanged from 2019.

General fund/2020 total — $0.1973

City of Warrenton

Tax rates for Warrenton’s General fund operations and city park fund both went up slightly this year.

General fund — $0.2926

Parks — $0.1732

2020 total — $0.4658, an increase of $0.0043

Change per $100,000 home value — increase of $0.817 per year.

R-III School District

A very slight increase was added to the school district’s tax for general operations.

General fund — $3.5356

Debt service — $0.6455

Capital Projects — $0.0814

2020 total — $4.2625, an increase of $0.0011

Change per $100,000 home value — $0.209

Warrenton Fire Protection District

General fund/2020 total — $0.4497

City of Wright City

Taxes for city operations remain unchanged, while the tax to repay facility construction bonds decreased a small amount.

General fund — $0.4970

Street lights — $0.1846

Parks — $0.0923

Debt service — $0.2000

2020 total — $0.9739, a decrease of $0.0014

Change per $100,000 home value — decrease of $0.266 per year.

Wright City R-II School District

Most homeowners in the district will pay an extra $5 to $15 per year due to an increase in R-II general operating tax.

General fund — $3.2155

Debt service — $1.2

2020 total — $4.4155, an increase of $0.0231

Change per $100,000 home value — $4.389

Wright City Fire Protection District

Unchanged from 2019.

General fund/2020 total — $0.5895

City of Marthasville

Tax rates for the city’s general operations and street light fund had marginal increases.

General fund — $0.5797

Street lights — $0.1322

2020 total — $0.7119, an increase of $0.005

Change per $100,000 home value — $0.95.

Washington School District

The school district saw a small tax increase for general operations.

General fund — $3.5859

Capital projects — $0.1279

Debt service — $0.4700

2020 total — $4.1838, an increase of $0.0143

Change per $100,000 home value — increase of $2.717

Marthasville Community Ambulance District

Unchanged from 2019.

General fund/2020 total — $0.4069

Marthasville Fire Protection District

The tax rate to repay bonded loans for a new fire station and equipment, approved by voters in 2019, increased a small amount this year.

General fund — $0.3965

Debt service — $0.325

2020 total — $0.7215, an increase of $0.022.

Change per $100,000 home value — $4.18

East Central College

ECC’s taxing district includes only homes within the Washington School District. The college’s general operating tax levy increased slightly this year.

General fund — $0.37

Debt service — $0.0841

2020 total — $0.4541, an increase of $0.0063

Change per $100,000 home value — increase of $1.197 per year

City of Truesdale

Unchanged from 2019.

General fund/2020 total — $0.8617

Village of Innsbrook

The village of Innsbrook is the only political entity in Warren County that does not have a personal property tax. The village taxes real estate only. There was no change from 2018.

General fund (real estate only)/2020 total — $0.1272

Village of Pendleton

Unchanged from 2019

General fund/2020 total — $0.05

Foristell

The city of Foristell does not have a property tax.