The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Requesting: $800,000 in a two-year levy for tax year 2016 & 2017

Cost to taxpayers:

2016: 66 cents/$1,000 assessed property value = $400,000

2017: 65 cents/$1,000 assessed property value = $400,000

Example: A $200,000 home would cost the owner $132 each of the two years.

Note: These are estimates. The new wind turbines will come on the tax roll during this time period and drive the cost per thousand lower – the county assessor has no estimate of how much.

Timeline: Projects could begin summer of 2016; all projects should be completed by summer of 2017

Project addressing: Safety, security...