AUBURN – Property owners should begin getting tax bills Monday based on their full property value.

Tax Collector Betty Griebel said Tuesday that her staff was double-checking the tax rolls. They’re scheduled to send the notices to a printer later this week, and the bills should go in the mail Monday morning.

“If everything goes as planned, people should start receiving them Monday afternoon,” Griebel said.

The bills are based on a tax rate of $19.28 per $1,000 of property value, and Assessor Cheryl Dubois said that’s less than councilors assumed this spring.

“We have actually completed the full revaluation, and that means more value in the city and a lower tax rate all around,” Dubois said.

The city also picked up an additional $800,000 in revenue sharing from the state. City officials said last month that should lower tax bills across the board by an average of $80 for the average Auburn home.

Councilors opted in June to finish a two year property revaluation effort. Early revaluation results released in October 2005 showed property values doubling for some residential property owners. That was a result of a shift in the property tax burden from commercial properties to residential, and it led to a residential taxpayer revolt.

Councilors at that time decided to partially adopt the new property values. Property taxes for many residential owners increased, but not as much as they would have under a full revaluation. Commercial tax bills didn’t decrease as much, however. That led to charges that the city was levying taxes unfairly.

Councilors decided in June to finish the revaluation.

“The end result is that most taxpayers will see little change in their tax bills,” Dubois said. “Some will see an increase and some will see a decrease.”

Dubois said her staff is prepared in case there are questions.

“I expect we’ll have the typical inquiries,” Dubois said. “But people have been expecting this for quite some time, so I think they know it’s been coming.”