Mill levies approved by county

The Sweetwater County Commissioners approved the annual mill levy distributions Tuesday morning.

The mill levies represent property tax distributions to the county’s school districts, as well as special districts such as the Castle Rock Hospital District and the Jamestown-Rio Vista Water and Sewer District.

A mill levy is a rate applied to a property’s assessed value. One mill is $1 per $1,000 of assessed value within a district or the county.

The county itself receives a 12 mill levy, which based off of the $2.1 billion assessed valuation of the county, resulting in $25.8 million in tax reven...