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Jefferson County delays levy approvals after clerk misses deadline; commissioners consider legal options
Summary
Commissioners said levy submissions by a county clerk were not completed on time, leaving Jefferson County two weeks past the statutory deadline and holding up statewide calculations. Legal counsel is researching remedies; commissioners held an emergency executive session to discuss next steps and planned to reconvene once materials are completed.
Jefferson County commissioners spent substantial time in open session addressing a backlog of levy submissions that a county clerk had not finished, a delay commissioners said was two weeks past the statutory deadline and was holding up statewide tax and school funding calculations.
Multiple commissioners and staff described repeated attempts to get the filings completed. "We are two weeks past the statutory deadline of when these were supposed to be submitted," said an unidentified speaker during the discussion. The county asked…
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