Somers defends Snohomish County property tax hike amid criticism

EVERETT — County Executive Dave Somers defended a controversial proposed property tax increase in a statement Thursday.

The Snohomish County Council has several proposals regarding property taxes as it decides what the county will spend over the next two years. The executive’s office put forth a property tax increase in the county’s share by 8%.

The executive’s office proposes a budget, then the County Council decides on it.

The proposed increase is not on a property owner’s entire bill. It is only an 8% hike of the county’s portion of that tax revenue, which is about 6.3% of a property owner’s entire bill. The rest of that money goes to fire districts, schools, libraries, roads and others.

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