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Liberty County adopts estimated rollback millage for property tax notices; finance staff report revenue trends and approve animal control fencing
Summary
The Liberty County Board of Commissioners voted to certify last year's millage rate as the county's estimated rollback rate on 2025 tax assessment notices, and discussed February financial results showing stronger property-tax collections, a reduced solid-waste deficit and continuing questions about EMS revenue collections.
The Liberty County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve staff's recommendation to certify the county's previous year millage rate as the estimated rollback rate to be printed on the 2025 property tax assessment notices, a procedural step required under recently enacted state legislation.
Finance staff presented the county's February 2025 financial statements and outlined several operating and capital issues driving their recommendation. The report said general fund revenues have started to come in as property tax collections accelerate; the general fund has roughly four months of operating expenses in unreserved fund balance, up from about 3.4 months a year earlier. The solid waste fund's net loss narrowed from roughly $700,000 to about $349,000, with the fund…
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