By Emma Loura

Commissioners on Thursday took the final steps in approving a budget that will mean a 5% increase in county property taxes for the average homeowner.

Under this budget, the owner of a $100,000 property who paid $516.45 in taxes last year would pay $542.15 on the property, now valued at $105,000, based on the average valuation increase of an existing, single-family home.

The commission approved a county budget certificate in the amount of $108.98 million and a $6.99 million budget for special district funds.

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The Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday directed city staff to cap the mill levy increase for the 2026 budget at 1.75 mills, trimming back the previously proposed cap of 2 mills at last month’s budget work session.

That would take the mill levy to 54.859 and could mean as much as an 8.5% average increase in property taxes for Manhattan residents, based on a 5% average increase in existing, single-family home valuations.

For example, a homeowner who paid $610.75 in property taxes on a $100,000 home in 2025 would pay $662.42 on a home worth $105,000 in 2026, or  8.45%.

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