For Residents

Assessment Notice

Each year the City determines the budget required to pay for services and programs that citizens and Council identify as priorities. As part of this process, the City determines the amount of the total budget that must be received from property taxes. Then it uses the assessed property values to determine each property owner’s share of the total property tax revenue required.

All properties are assessed using similar factors that real estate agents and appraisers use when pricing a home for sale. Each property owner pays taxes based on their property's assessed value.

The change in your annual property assessment determines if you will pay more than, less than, or similar to the average municipal tax increase for residential properties.