Board approves multiple non‑ad valorem assessments; residents object to sewer charges and unequal service

Leon County commissioners approved a slate of non‑ad valorem assessment rules and related certifying resolutions during the meeting, but several public speakers and some commissioners pressed the board about unequal sewer service and assessment fairness.

Routine assessment hearings: staff and motions County staff presented multiple first-and-only public hearings required to use the uniform method of collection for non‑ad valorem special assessments. The board adopted assessment rules and certified the assessment rolls for solid waste disposal services and stormwater management for properties being assessed for the first time. Those items carried no public speakers and were approved by voice vote.

Resident opposition in Kallarne (Killarne Lakes Plantation) On a separate assessment involving properties in the Kallarne Lakes Plantation subdivision, Missy Hyatt spoke against her assessment. Hyatt said…