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County lobbyist reports momentum on real-estate transfer fee; waste-management proposal still under review
Summary
Commissioners heard a legislative update: the governor is reportedly supportive of increasing the real-estate transfer fee incrementally and county revenue showed positive months in July and August; a separate waste-management proposal remains under review and the county's legislative delegation has signaled opposition to an element discussed.
With the county's lobbyist absent, Chairman Harris provided an update on recent legislative matters.
He said the governor supports raising the real-estate transfer fee but expects any increase to be incremental rather than a single large jump: "it looks like it could be anywhere between 3 to 6," the chairman said, in the meeting context that the county had previously…
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