Tax amounts set based on valuation

The final valuation for Hot Springs County for tax year 2015 is $230,839,867 according to Hot Springs County Assessor Shelley Deromedi.

With that valuation in mind, the Cemetery District, with a mill levy of 1.754, will receive taxes in the amount of $404,893.

Hot Springs County Weed and Pest receives two mills, giving them $461,680 for 2015.

Total, the special districts for Hot Springs County received $866,573.

South Thermopolis Water and Sewer District is valued at $5,227,964, and with their eight mill levy, will receive $41,824.

The valuation for Lucerne Water and Sewer District is $5,260,757 this year, giving them $21,043 from their four mills.

Hot Springs County Fire District will bring home $624,619 from three mills on a $208,206,230 valuation.

Combined, the special purpose district levies amount to $1,554,059.

Fee requests for the lower Owl Creek Irrigation District, on 4,378.9 acres at $21.81 per acre, amounts to $95,503.81 for 2015.

For middle and upper Owl Creek Irrigation District, the total is $42,530.66 for 9,286.17 acres at $4.58 per acre.

There is a variable rate on the Red Lane Watershed Improvement District for a total of $6,644.24 on 188.4 acres.

The Kirby Ditch Irrigation District also has a variable rate for their 3,203.68 acres, bringing in $27,469.58.

Gooseberry Creek Irrigation District is also a variable rate for $8,990.64.

The total for special purpose district mill levies and fee requests for 2015 is $1,735,197.93.