All residents older than 61 will be covered by the freeze, which could start in 2024. The decision was endorsed by Steve Ehlmann, the St. Charles County Executive, who noted that inflation had recently resulted in county property taxes rising by nearly 30%. This was cheered by a number of attendees at the meeting.
Ehlmann went on to say:
"You didn't hear much complaint from seniors when inflation was 2% or 3%. But when the value of your home goes up 20% or 30%, that is when they started asking for help.”
A bill was signed by Governor Mike Parson that provided counties with the authority to adopt this freeze. St. Charles County is the third county in Missouri to do so. Government documents about news like this tend to feature Letterheads on them.
Don Schoedel, a resident of St. Charles, attended the meeting and claimed that over the previous 24 months, the property taxes he pays for the three-bedroom house he owns had grown by 34%. He said that the COVID outbreak was the cause for the rapid surge in house prices.
All of the county's tax districts, including the fire, school, and library agencies, are affected by the freeze. Authorities in St. Charles County have stated that they anticipate most districts would resist the freeze due to worries about lost revenue.
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