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Tax rate to be voted on Sept. 30

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Albany News

By Melinda L. Lucas

Shackelford County judge Bob Skelton and all four commissioners gathered for the second required tax rate hearing at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, waiting 15 minutes for residents of the county to list any objections they might have to setting the tax rate at 58.91 cents.

However, no one from the public attended the hearing. Elected officials plan to adopt the $4.33 million budget, along with the tax rate, at another meeting next Monday, Sept. 30.

The proposed tax rate is actually about 2.5 cents less than the current year’s tax rate of 61.51 cents, due to higher property valuations, but is calculated to bring in about $181,982 more than the effective tax rate.

As part of the process to adopt a rate higher than the effective rate, the commissioners have followed a specific schedule of events during the last few weeks, including two public hearings and several published notices.

Other Business

•Mike Fink was added as a member of the Shackelford County Historical Committee.

•The commissioners voted to extend the county-wide burn ban, which is scheduled to expire before the Oct. 14 meeting.

•A proclamation was enacted declaring that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Oct. 1 is Breast Cancer Awareness Day in Shackelford County.

•Bid requirements were clarified for county lawn mowing, specifically setting the minimum amount of liability insurance at $1 million and requiring the contractor to also provide specific Christmas lighting for the Courthouse Square.

•Skelton reported that he and county treasurer Tammy Brown had met with Sam Goldsmith of Goldsmith Solutions on Thursday, Sept. 19 and had made him aware of some recent complaints. Invoices from Goldsmith Solutions, the county’s IT consultant, were also discussed.