2.38% County Tax Hike Request

In a special commissioners meeting, the Kimball County Commissioners held a public hearing Tuesday for the 2022-23 Kimball County budget and a public hearing for the 2022-23 Final Property Tax Request.

During the public hearing comment period for the Kimball County budget, resident and local contractor Brian Johnson spoke to the commissioners. He said that he has “wanted to get more involved in government.”

He continued, “We need some way of reassessing homes – bring assessed values up.” But he said the taxes would be the same not increased.

Johnson explained that he was building a house at 70...