A majority of town and village residents will see a reduction in their 2008 Cayuga County tax rate, according to numbers released Wednesday.

In Auburn, the county tax rate will drop about 6.5 percent, from $9.05 per $1,000 of assessed value this year to $8.46.

A home in the city valued at $100,000 would have a tax bill of $846 in 2008, about $59 less than this year's $905.

Legislators adopted a $138 million spending plan featuring a $32 million levy, or amount to be raised by taxes, this week.

The tax rates vary from municipality largely because of equalization rates.

Taxpayers in the town of Brutus will pay the lowest rate in 2008, while Sempronius is home to the highest.

The county tax rate in Brutus is set at $8.37 per $1,000 of assessed value, a reduction of more than 20 percent compared to this year's $10.52.

The rate is about $21 per $1,000 of assessed value in Sempronius, a 1.27 percent increase over this year's $20.73.

The equalization rate is at 100 percent in Brutus compared to 39 percent in Sempronius.

Most county tax rates fall in the $8 to $10 per $1,000 of assessed value range.

The county's tax base grew in 2007, a factor in several rate reductions.

The county's whole taxable value is up to about $3.9 billion, an 8 percent increase over this year's $3.6 billion.

The $32 million tax levy for 2008 represents a 1.2 percent, a $389,000 increase over this year's.

2008 Cayuga County tax rates per $1,000 of assessed value by municipality

Auburn $8.46, down 6.51 percent

Aurelius $8.54, down 4.51 percent

Cayuga (village) $8.66, down 4.32 percent

Brutus $8.37, down 20.45 percent

Weedsport $8.45, down 20.64 percent

Cato (town) $8.82, down 2.47 percent

Cato (village in Cato) $8.89, down 2.46 percent

Cato (village in Ira) $8.45, down 6.28 percent

Meridian $8.92, down 2.46 percent

Conquest $10.45, down 0.69 percent

Fleming $20.25, up 7.12 percent

Genoa $10.44, down 0.65 percent

Ira $8.44, down 6.51 percent

Ledyard $11.75, up 6.60 percent

Aurora $11.70, up 6.55 percent

Locke $9.16, up 0.78 percent

Mentz $10.22, down 3.11 percent

Port Byron $10.30, down 3.32 percent

Montezuma $9.21, up 1.64 percent

Moravia (town) $12.15, down 0.64 percent

Moravia (village) $12.21, down 1.01 percent

Niles $9.69, up 3.44 percent

Owasco $10.09, up 0.92 percent

Scipio $8.97, up 0.64 percent

Sempronius $21, up 1.27 percent

Sennett $9.56, up 1 percent

Springport $8.51, down 4.53 percent

Union Springs $8.60, down 4.47 percent

Sterling $10.47, up 3.89 percent

Fair Haven $10.40, up 3.71 percent

Summerhill $12.02, up 4.51 percent

Throop $12.08, up 3.48 percent

Venice $9.97, down 0.87 percent

Victory $8.42, down 6.49 percent