Clark County Fire & Rescue, citing the loss of its service contract with Battle Ground, intends to ask voters for a levy rate increase in May’s election.
The proposed levy lid lift would increase the district residents’ property tax rate from $1.41 per $1,000 of assessed property value to $1.50 per $1,000.
For a $300,000 home, that would mean about $27 more per year in property taxes — or $450 total — should the levy increase pass.
Property owners in what used to be Clark County Fire District 2, which merged with Clark County Fire & Rescue, will see a higher rate because of the Woodland-area district’s recent merger.
For 25 years, Clark County Fire & Rescue held a contract with the city of Battle Ground for fire services, but lost the contract at the end of 2015, after the city rewarded it to Clark County Fire District 3.