Property owners in Junction City will be taxed a combined total of $1.3 million dollars more in 2017.

City Manger Allen Dinkel said that the majority of that comes from the county.

“The property taxes inside the city limits proper have gone up about $1.3 million to $1.4 million…of that $1.3 million increase the City and the school [District] are receiving about 10 percent, our budget/our mil levy went up slightly, the school’s slightly too – we gained a little bit by the valuation which is the other side of the coin…people that own property inside Junction City, 90 percent of it is due to the County,” said Dinkel.

Dinkel reported that 7.1 percent of that increased total is due to the city and 2.9 percent to USD 475 – the rest, according to Dinkel, has been created by the County.