Jones County commissioners adopt millage rates for 2025–26; record lists two adopted millage figures

The Jones County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 28 approved a millage-rate resolution for the 2025–26 tax year, adopting a gross county millage of 17 and listing rollbacks for local sales and insurance premium taxes.

During the reading of the resolution, county staff said the board reviewed revenues needed from taxes for FY2026 and described a gross millage rate of 17 for Jones County with a rollback of 2.781 mills for the local sales tax and a rollback of 1.256 mills for the insurance premium tax in unincorporated areas. The resolution states that the remainder of the insurance premium tax will be used for fire protection in unincorporated areas.

The resolution text read at the meeting then lists adopted millage rates as 12.963 mills and 14.219 mills. The meeting transcript repeats the phrase "incorporated area" twice in the read text; the record as read does not clearly indicate which of the two numbers applies to incorporated areas and which applies to unincorporated areas. The article presents the two adopted millage figures exactly as read in the meeting record and notes the lack of clear area labeling in the transcript.

Board members moved to approve the millage resolution, and the motion was seconded. The record shows the board approved the resolution by voice vote with members saying "aye." The meeting transcript does not include a roll-call vote or a numeric tally in the record.

The adopted millage rates, together with the rollbacks described in the resolution text as read into the record, determine the county tax levy for the coming fiscal year. The meeting record did not include a line-item tax revenue estimate or the dollar impact on individual taxpayers; those details were not specified during the meeting.

The board then moved on to adjourn the meeting.