For the second year in a row, the Montgomery County Ambulance District will have a tax rate of $0.4773 per $100 assessed valuation.

The district announced its 2026 tax rate during a public hearing on Aug. 20 that included board members Will Burke, Steve Williams and Earl Burton in attendance. No one spoke at the public hearing and the tax rate was passed unanimously.

The district released assessed valuation totals for 2026. They are $99,813,860 for residential real estate, $19,449,380 for agricultural real estate, $48,956,550 for commercial real estate, $66,175,921 for personal property, $43,829,052 for state and local assessed railroad and utilities on the real estate side, $11,982,912 for state and local assessed railroad and utilities on the personal property side. The total assessed valuation is $290,207,675, compared to $276,882,821 from 2025.For new construction, the grand total is $5,910,955, which includes $219,510 for agriculture, $3,062,510 for commercial and $2,628,935 for residential. The total revenue is $28,212.

“New construction usually has a small increase every year,” said Burke, who is the district’s administrator. “With all of the stuff they have going on, we’re probably going to see some more significant increases in the new construction, some possibly in 2027. Then, a more significant amount in 2028. The first big full onset will be in 2029.”

Two years ago, the district had a $0.4854 per $100 assessed valuation tax rate. It dropped to $0.4773 the next year.