Smaller townships, libraries worry MUST27s population-based distribution will cut revenue
Township trustees and library representatives warned Fulton County that a shift to population-based distribution under the state's MUST model could reduce their local income tax receipts and jeopardize services like volunteer fire protection.
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Multiple township and library representatives addressed the council during the MUST presentation, saying a population-weighted distribution could leave small units with less revenue than they receive under the current levy-based certified-share system. Peggy Dade, a Duane Township trustee, said the change "is just going to annihilate us," describing volunteer departments that depend on those receipts.
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