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Fleming County Fiscal Court adopts compensating 2025 tax rates after initial proposal fails
Summary
After rejecting the initially presented 2025 tax-rate resolution, the Fleming County Fiscal Court approved competing "compensating" tax rates in a subsequent roll-call vote on Aug. 12, 2025.
Fleming County Fiscal Court on Aug. 12 adopted compensating 2025 tax rates after rejecting the rates as initially presented.
At the meeting, a motion to accept the tax rates as presented (Resolution 25-1433) failed on a roll-call vote: Magistrates Kerri Marshall, Taylor Hunt and Richie Kielman voted no; Magistrates Donnie Fawns and Ray H. Money voted yes. Immediately following that defeat, the court voted to adopt compensating 2025 tax rates. The compensating-rate motion carried on a roll call with Marshall, Hunt, Kielman and Fawns voting yes and Money voting no.
Why it matters: The tax-rate decision determines local property tax levies that will affect county receipts and property owners for the 2025 tax year. The defeat of the originally presented rates followed by rapid passage of a compensating rate indicates disagreement among magistrates about the specific rate structure but agreement on an alternative needed to meet statutory deadlines.
Details and context: The public hearing on the proposed rates drew no attendees. The minutes record the two separate roll-call outcomes: Resolution 25-1433 was recorded as failed; the compensating rate was recorded as approved. The minutes do not specify the millage figures used in either the presented or the compensating proposal.
Next steps: The minutes do not list an immediate implementation date; the court’s approval of a compensating rate completes the local vote required for the tax year. Any further changes would require additional formal action by the Fiscal Court.
