JAMESTOWN — An error was made by the Stutsman County Auditor’s Office on total mill levies for the Jamestown Public School District on the 2023 real estate and the 2024 mobile home tax statements sent to taxpayers on Dec. 14, according to a press release issued by the county on Monday, Jan. 29.
Jessica Alonge, auditor/chief operating officer, said taxpayers who have made their payments on any parcels in the Jamestown Public School District will receive a refund check for the overpayment.
Alonge said an additional 3.25 mills were included in the original tax statements for the Jamestown Public School District. The total mill levy for the Jamestown Public School District should have been 102 mills but was sent out as 105.25 mills.
“There were a couple of mill levies included on the preliminary notices that went out based on their budget and we have the same process for both the estimated notices and the tax bills,” Alonge said. “One of those levies was removed for the final budget but it was still included in the calculation.”
One mill for the school district is $90,089.
Alonge said the letters notifying property owners about the error were mailed last week.
“I know they were sent in different batches so people might still be receiving them today (Monday, Jan. 29),” she said.
To calculate the approximate amount of the refund, take the net taxable value of your property from the new statement and multiply it by 0.00325, the letter to property owners says.
Alonge said the refund or the difference between the two statements on a home valued at $150,000 would be $21.94. She said the refund or difference between the two statements on commercial or agricultural land valued at $150,000 is $24.38.
The refund or the difference between the two statements is $7.31 on a mobile home parcel with a true and full value of $50,000, according to the letter sent to property owners.
Alonge said there is no timeline when property owners will receive their refunds.
“Any owner who has a pending application for a homestead or veteran’s credit, or other abatement application will receive a second amended statement at a later date reflecting those changes,” the county’s news release says.
Masaki Ova joined The Jamestown Sun in August 2021 as a reporter. He grew up on a farm near Pingree, N.D. He majored in communications at the University of Jamestown, N.D.
