City tax mil rate officially set at $25.74; bills expected to be mailed out late

ROCHESTER - The Department of Revenue Administration has finalized this year's tax rate, now officially set at $25.74 per thousand dollars of property value, a $0.46 increase over the prior year. The new rate represents a 1.82 percent increase from the previous $25.28 rate (per thousand dollars of assessed valuation).

The .46-cent increase in the tax rate is attributed to increases in County and State Education rates, according to a statement released by the city today. The County and State Education tax rates accounted for $0.87 of increases, while the City and Local School tax rates combined for a decrease of ($0.41), which netted the overall tax rate increase to $0.46.

The municipal tax rate breakdown, and related changes, in Rochester's tax rate are as follows:

• City: $7.74 (decrease of 22 cents from last year, -2.76%).
• Local education: $13.01 (decrease of 19 cents, -1.44%)
• State education: $2.00 (increase of 63 cents, 45.99%)
• County: $2.99 (increase of 24 cents, 8.73%)

The net assessed valuation increased by $16,380,656, or 0.6 percent. Increases in the net assessed valuations help to stabilize tax rate increases.

The current median assessed value of a single-family home is $213,100, which will pay a property tax bill of $5,485, or a $141 increase over last year.

Due to issues with the property tax software that are still not resolved, the December 2023 property tax bills will be mailed later than usual this year. The City is working closely with the software vendor to resolve the issue. The original mail date of Dec. 15 has been moved to Dec. 20.

Bills will be due 30 days from the mailing date.