Potter County taxes are officially going up.
This week, the Potter County Commission voted unanimously to approve a tax increase for the upcoming fiscal year. Commissioners voted 5-0 to approve a tax rate of $0.68500 per $100 valuation for the upcoming fiscal year. This will be an increase from the current tax rate of $0.670000.
Commissioners voted unanimously for this year’s tax increase after splitting on a tax increase last year. Commissioners voted 3-2 in 2017 to approve a 4.51 percent tax increase. Commissioners Mercy Murguia and H.R. Kelly voted against the 2017 tax increase, with Judge Nancy Tanner and Commissioners Leon Church and Alphonso Vaughn voting in favor.
