Members of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners voted on Tuesday to increase the maximum amount of property taxes the county can collect in 2025. Following the vote, Hennepin County can collect no more than $1,045,829,900 in property taxes next year; this total represents a 5.5% increase from last year’s property tax maximum.
At the Tuesday meeting of the Hennepin County Board, commissioners moved through a series of agenda items in quick succession. Among those items was a resolution to increase the total property tax levy maximum by 5.5%. That resolution was a part of the board’s “consent agenda” and was approved in a single vote alongside many other items.
The commissioners approved the consent agenda, which included the new property tax levy maximum, in a voice vote. No commissioner expressed opposition in that vote.
According to information from Hennepin County, the county’s proposed 2025 budget amounts to nearly $3 billion. The county administrator presented the 2025 proposed budget at a meeting of the county board’s budget committee last week.
A press release from Hennepin County indicated that 36% of the county’s budget comes from property tax levies. The remainder of the county budget comes from various fees, services, and state and federal sources.
Following adoption of the new levy maximum, property owners in Hennepin County will be notified of their estimated 2025 property taxes in November. While Tuesday’s resolution prevents the county from collecting more than $1.045 billion in property taxes in 2025, the commissioners are still free to lower the amount of property taxes collected.
In December, commissioners will lock in the final 2025 property tax levy total that will be collected from property owners of Hennepin County.
As such, property owners in Hennepin County should contact their elected county commissioner in the coming weeks if they wish to express their thoughts before the 2025 property tax levy is locked in permanently at the end of this year.
Luke Sprinkel
Luke Sprinkel previously worked as a Legislative Assistant at the Minnesota House of Representatives. He grew up as a Missionary Kid (MK) living in England, Thailand, Tanzania, and the Middle East. Luke graduated from Regent University in 2018.
