E-Town Council holds first reading on 2026 tax rates

WQXE News – Quicksie 98.3 · Sep 15, 2026

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday.

The first reading was held on ordinances setting 2026 city tax rates. City Attorney Ken Howard read the three ordinances, detailing the tax rate for motor vehicle and watercraft (11.6 cents per $100 assessed value), the franchise tax rate (0.025 percent on all eligible deposits), and the tax rate for real and personal property (10.5 cents per $100 assessed value). Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory said the first two rates are unchanged, while the property tax rate was lowered from 10.7 cents.

“So when you have…