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Gadsden school leaders urge voters to renew property tax millage on May 20 special election
Summary
Board of Education chair and school officials told the Gadsden City Council that a 20-year renewal of an existing property tax millage is the only item on a May 20 special ballot and is not a new tax.
Gadsden school leaders and the mayor urged residents on Tuesday to vote to renew a property tax millage that funds the Gadsden City School System, saying the ballot measure is a 20-year reaffirmation of existing funding rather than a new tax.
Judge Alan Milliken, chairman of the Etowah County Board of Education, told the council that the measure on the May 20 special election affects how the school system gets local general‑fund revenue from property taxes and that much state and federal funding is already…
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