Proposed budget has Overland Park property tax rate holding steady, stormwater fee up by $3

Overland Park should be able to keep its mill levy at 13.565 for the 2019 budget, said City Manager Bill Ebel as he presented his recommendations for the upcoming year’s budget. The 5.7 percent rise in Overland Park’s home values was not so high that it exceeds the Kansas Legislature’s tax lid and would trigger a reduction in property tax rates, he said.

But he did recommend a $3 increase in the stormwater utility fee to accelerate a curb replacement program the city initiated in 2017. The increase would bring the fee to $33 per household.

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