Finance committee advances revised senior tax credit ordinance, other version withdrawn

The Jackson County Finance and Audit Committee on Feb. 18 took up two ordinances that would change the county's senior tax credit language and moved one of the drafts forward for further consideration by the full legislature.

Chair Sean Smith said the committee had two ordinances before it and noted that one of them, ordinance 5965, had been withdrawn from active consideration. The committee then considered ordinance 5968, described in the agenda as repealing specified subsections of the Jackson County Code related to the senior tax credit and enacting five new subsections on the same subject. Legislator Peyton moved to "perfect" ordinance 5968 and the motion was seconded; Chair Smith called for the ayes and said he voted aye.

The committee briefly clarified that the two drafts addressed the same senior tax credit topic and that 5965 had been withdrawn but remained listed on the agenda. Counsel's office participated in that clarification. Committee members indicated the ordinance being advanced would codify a deadline and change other language related to the senior tax credit; no additional substantive amendments or fiscal figures were set in committee.

The committee voted to recommend ordinance 5968 for perfection to the legislature as a whole. Ordinance 5965 was removed from the agenda at committee direction after the withdrawal was noted. No final adoption of the ordinance occurred in committee; the item will return to the full legislature for further action.

Pending next steps, committee staff and counsel will supply the legislature with the perfected draft for its consideration.