The Washington County Board on Tuesday unanimously approved its maximum levy — the upper limit of what the county can collect in property taxes — for 2026.

The $150.2 million tax levy represents a 6.95 percent increase over 2025.

The county tax rate is set to increase by 2.3 percent. Market appreciation and a slight decrease in new construction in 2025 are contributing factors to the increase, county officials said.

“This levy represents a continued strategy on the part of Washington County and the members of this board,” Commissioner Fran Miron said. “We are in very uncertain times with cost shifts to counties, and I think this levy helps address some of that issue. But the coming years will be an interesting process.”

The proposed 2026 budget adopted by the board on Tuesday, also by

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