Pike County Fiscal Court acknowledges local tax rates, consolidates order for collection

Pike County Fiscal Court on an administrative agenda unanimously acknowledged tax rates submitted by several local taxing districts and authorized placing all rates on a single court order for collection.

Judge Jones told the court that the county public library district reduced its real-property rate from 10.5¢ to 10¢ per $100 of assessed value and lowered the personal-property rate from 12.24¢ to 10.24¢. "So the property—the tax on real property and personal property were both lowered this year," he said. Commissioners moved to acknowledge receipt and the motion passed on a roll-call vote.

The court next acknowledged the Pike County Board of Education’s 2024 rates, which Judge Jones said were reduced from 86.1¢ to 83.4¢ per $100 assessed value on real property; motor vehicle, watercraft and personal property rates were reported unchanged. The court then acknowledged Pikeville Independent Schools’ rates—reported unchanged at 74.7¢ per $100 on real and personal property and 15¢ per $100 on motor vehicles and watercraft—and the Pike County Extension Board’s rates (reported as 3.8¢ per $100 on real property, 3.92¢ on personal property and 1.1¢ on motor vehicles/watercraft).

Commissioner Atkins moved to authorize placing all the listed tax rates on a single court order; the motion was seconded and approved on a roll-call vote. The clerk recorded affirmative votes from each commissioner present.

The actions taken were procedural acknowledgments required for tax collection and did not change the rates themselves. The court’s authorization to consolidate the listed rates onto one order is an administrative step to facilitate collection and accounting.