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Walker County board approves millage rollback, authorizes SPLOST referendum and several budget and contracting measures
Summary
At its Sept. 2 meeting in Lafayette, the Walker County Board of Commissioners voted to set a lower millage rate, place a SPLOST referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot and approved multiple budget and contract items, while several planning items were decided separately.
The Walker County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 2 voted to adopt a reduced millage rate, authorized a countywide SPLOST referendum for the Nov. 4 ballot and approved a series of budget and procurement actions, the board said at its regularly scheduled meeting in Lafayette.
The board set the millage at 5.15 mills for unincorporated areas and 6.645 mills for incorporated areas, a rollback the chairwoman described as a decision that will collect less property tax revenue than last year. Chairwoman Angela Teams said the board is taking “the full rollback.”
The board also voted to place a special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot; the resolution authorizes a referendum conditioned on majority voter approval.…
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