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Hall County adopts 2025-26 budget; proposal to use bond interest to cut levy fails
Summary
The Hall County Board adopted appropriations and set the county’s 2025-26 property tax request, rejecting a proposal to use $750,000 of courthouse bond interest to buy down this year’s levy. Public commenters urged relief for farmers and questioned county spending.
The Hall County Board of Commissioners on record adopted its 2025-26 appropriations and property tax request and rejected a motion to use $750,000 of interest from the courthouse bond fund to reduce this year’s tax levy.
During a public hearing on the budget, county staff presented the levy sheet showing a total assessed valuation of $8,099,201,180. Staff read the tax requests as $24,409,611.21 for the general fund, $980,933.26 for the museum fund and $3,687,800 for the courthouse bond fund, for a total property tax request of $29,078,344.47. The board’s proposed tax rate was read as 0.359027 per $100 of assessed value; staff noted the county’s total assessed value changed by 8.18%…
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