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Hall County approves 2025–26 appropriations and sets property tax request after budget hearing
Summary
After a public hearing during which residents criticized rising property taxes and courthouse financing, the Hall County Board of Commissioners adopted appropriations (Res. 25-043) and set a property tax request (Res. 25-044); both votes followed debate over whether interest earned on bond proceeds could buy down the levy.
The Hall County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday adopted the county—s appropriations for fiscal 2025—6 and approved a property tax request after a public hearing that featured residents urging relief from rising property taxes.
The board approved resolution 25-043 to adopt the appropriations by a 4-2 vote and then approved resolution 25-044 setting the county—s property tax request (general fund $24,409,611.21; museum fund $980,933.26; courthouse bond fund $3,687,800; total request $29,078,344.47). The board recorded the county—s total assessed value as $8,099,201,180, a change of 8.18% from the prior year.
Why it matters: County staff said the levy calculations in the packet show a county levy before the bond levy of roughly 0.354501 and, including the courthouse bond, a total levy of about 0.400034. Staff materials and discussion presented per-$100,000 and per-$100 units inconsistently; the materials also showed…
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