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Washington County sets levy, budget

The Washington County Board of Commissioners set the county’s 2017 budget and levy Dec 13.
The board certified the following:broadstreet.zone(48036);
• a tax levy of $96.1 million for county operations and $1.05 million for the Land and Water Legacy Program
• a property tax levy set by the Washington County Community Development Agency at $4.718 million
• the Washington County Regional Rail Authority levy of $776,800
The board has been reviewing the 2017 recommended budget, which will be supported by the levies, since mid-summer.
The approved budget increases the county net tax levy (excluding Land and Water Legacy funding) by 3.49 percent, to $96.1 million. The county’s median-valued home is $243,200, up 1.1 percent in value from 2016. It is expected that the owner of the median-valued home would pay a county property tax increase of about $6, or about 0.8 percent, for 2017. The county’s non-levy revenue is expected to be $102.5 million, an increase

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Baby new year

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The new year has already brought something great for Rebekah Leppanen and Michael Franco. The couple from Chisago City welcomed their first child, Elizabeth Laili Franco, on Jan. 3 at 11:22 a.m., the first to be delivered at Fairview Lakes Medical Center in 2017. Presenting a gift basket (containing a handmade quilt, baby items and a Target gift card) donated by the Fairview Lakes Volunteer Organization are board officers Jeanne Zaske (far left) and Linda Peterson.

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