At the end of each year, residents of Warren County send in their property tax payments to be divided among area schools, emergency services and government agencies. Months before that, each of these …
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At the end of each year, residents of Warren County send in their property tax payments to be divided among area schools, emergency services and government agencies.
Months before that, each of these political entities must approve their tax rates for the year and submit those rates to the Warren County government for collection. Below are the tax rates for 2018 in each major taxing district.
The tax rates listed are for both real estate and personal property (with one exception, which is noted below).
Property tax rates are per $100 of assessed property valuation. The property valuation is assessed by the Warren County Assessor’s Office.
State taxes
General — $0.03
S.B. 40 (disability services) — $0.1603
Warren County
The county government’s tax rate for general expenses is up slightly, while taxes for road and bridge work remains the same as last year.
General fund — $0.1031
Road/bridge fund — $0.1767
2018 total — $0.2798
Change from last year — Increase of $0.0041 per $100 valuation.
Warrenton
Unchanged from 2017.
General fund — $0.2899
Park fund — $0.1716
2018 total — $0.4615
Wright City
The tax rate that supports Wright City’s debt payments increased this year compared to last. Tax rates supporting other city funds remain the same.
General fund — $0.4970
Park fund — $0.0923
Streetlight fund — $0.1846
Debt service — $0.2000
2018 total — $0.9739
Change from last year — Increase of $0.0208 per $100 valuation.
Marthasville
There is a slight increase in property taxes that go toward the city’s streetlights this year, and more of an increase toward the city’s general purpose revenue.
General fund — $0.5791
Streetlight fund — $0.1321
2018 total — $0.7112
Change from last year — Increase of $0.0076 per $100 valuation.
Truesdale
A slight increase compared to last year.
General fund — $0.9215
Change from last year — Increase of $0.0065 per $100 valuation.
Village of Innsbrook
The village of Innsbrook is the only major political subdivision in Warren County that taxes real estate, but not personal property. There was no change from 2016.
Real estate tax rate — $0.1272.
Personal property tax rate — $0.
Village of Pendleton
General fund — $0.5
Foristell
The city of Foristell does not have a property tax.
Warren County R-III School District
Warren County School District’s tax rates for operational funds and debt payments are both somewhat higher than 2017.
Operating fund — $3.5812
Debt service — $0.6418
2018 total — $4.223
Change from last year — Increase of $0.0284 per $100 valuation.
Wright City R-II School District
The tax rate for the school district's operating revenue is up by $0.0319. The district held down taxes to pay for debt service, keeping it the same as last year.
Operating fund — $3.1862
Debt service — $1.2
2018 total — $4.3862
Change from last year — Increase of $0.0319 per $100 valuation.
School District of Washington
The tax rate for the school district’s general funding — what it calls “incidental” funds — is the same as last year, and so is the tax rate that goes toward the district’s debt payments. The tax rate for capital projects went up by about 1 cent per $100 valuation.
Incidental — $3.5883.
Capital projects — $0.1279.
Debt service — $0.4700
2018 total — $4.1862
Change from last year — Increase of $0.0083 per $100 valuation.
Warren County Ambulance District
Unchanged from 2017.
General fund — $0.4991
Marthasville Community Ambulance District
Marthasville-area voters earlier this year approved a property tax increase for the ambulance district.
General fund — $0.4069
Change from last year — Increase of $0.1107 per $100 valuation.
Warrenton Fire Protection District
Unchanged from 2017.
General fund — $0.4497
Wright City Fire Protection District
Wright City Fire’s property tax rate has decreased very slightly.
General fund — $0.4126
Change from last year — $0.0001 per $100 valuation.
Marthasville Volunteer Fire Department
Slight increase compared to 2017.
General fund — $0.3965
Change from last year — Increase of $0.0032 per $100 valuation.
Scenic Regional Library District
Unchanged from 2017.
Operating fund — $0.2008
East Central College
Unchanged from last year.
Operating fund — $0.3700
Debt service — $0.0841
2018 total — $0.4541
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