Marathon County Board passes 5.7%, $3.1 million tax increase, largest percentage tax increase in 14 years

The Marathon County Board adopted a 2024 property tax levy of $57,954,347, which is an increase of $3,115,687 or 5.68% over the 2023 property tax levy of $54,838,660. This is the largest increase in the Marathon County part of the property tax bill on a percentage basis in at least the last 14 years, based on the impact to the average homeowner.¹

I proposed an amendment resolution to reduce the 2024 tax increase from 5.68% to 2.95%. The amendment failed 17 yes to 18 no.

A no vote on Amendment 6 was a vote to raise 2024 taxes by 5.68%. A yes vote on Amendment 6 was a vote to reduce the tax increase by $1,500,000 to a 2.95% tax increase.

Board Leadership pushed for the large tax increase despite including $11,790,394 of ARPA funding and a $1,579,355 increase in state shared revenue in the 2024 County Budget.