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Clay County commission signals intent to include bond debt in senior tax-freeze; asks staff to draft ordinance change
Summary
After public comment and auditor analysis, Clay County commissioners signaled unanimous consent to instruct staff to draft an ordinance removing the clause that excludes bonded debt from the countys senior property-tax credit, and to invite taxing jurisdictions to a Dec. 18 meeting to review fiscal impacts.
Commissioners spent the second half of the meeting on policy questions about the countys local ordinance implementing Senate Bill 190 (SB 190), particularly the clause that excludes bond indebtedness from the senior-property-tax credit calculation.
County Counselor told the commission that excluding bonded debt in the ordinance is a discretionary policy choice and not strictly mandated by the Missouri Constitution, and warned that changes would likely be prospective (affecting future tax cycles) rather than retroactive to the current billing cycle.
Commissioner John Johnson (first reference in the hearing) urged…
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