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Limestone County commission moves to adopt FY25-26 budget and sets property tax rate at 0.56
Summary
During a public hearing on the FY25-26 budget, commissioners discussed pending budget items and moved to adopt a property tax rate of 0.56; transcript notes the action was recorded with a motion and second but does not include a roll-call tally.
The Limestone County Commission opened the required public hearing on the fiscal year 2025-26 budget and discussed several budget items before moving to adopt a property tax rate of 0.56.
Speaker 1 noted an approaching budget workshop and said there are items the speaker had removed from the draft budget that he may want to restore, including funding for the veterans affairs office. During the hearing, a median figure for the budget was referenced in the transcript as "87,238 thousand" (no additional context or verification in the record).
Speaker 1 moved that the property tax rate be decreased by adoption of the tax rate for April, which the meeting characterized as effectively a 3.5% increase in rate. The motion to approve a 0.56 tax rate was seconded, and the transcript records that the commission planned to pass the motion.
The transcript does not include an itemized budget sheet, the detailed vote tally, or a certified tax rate worksheet in this excerpt. The recorded action moves the county toward finalizing the FY25-26 budget, with operational details and any budget insertions (such as the veterans-office item) to be settled in forthcoming staff work and workshops.
Next steps: Per procedure, the final budget and tax rate adoption requires publication and any statutorily required notices; the transcript does not include those administrative steps in this excerpt.
