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Simpson County Fiscal Court leaves 2023 tax rates unchanged
Summary
The Simpson County Fiscal Court on Sept. 5 adopted Ordinance No. 220.252, keeping 2023 tax rates unchanged from 2022: 10.0 cents per $100 for real and personal property, 16.1 cents for watercraft and motor vehicles and 10.5 cents for aircraft. A public hearing produced no comments.
Simpson County Judge/Executive Mason Bames presided over the fiscal court meeting on Sept. 5, where the court approved second reading and final passage of Ordinance No. 220.252 setting the 2023 county tax rates unchanged from 2022.
The ordinance sets real and personal property taxes at 10.0 cents per $100 of assessed value, watercraft and motor vehicles at 16.1 cents per $100, and aircraft at 10.5 cents per $100. Judge Barnes opened a duly advertised public hearing under KRS 68.245(5)(c) on the proposed rates; the hearing was closed with no comments or questions from the public.
Bookkeeper Jada Freeman told the court that almost 98% of 2022 taxes — just over $16.4 million — had been collected and that 451 delinquent tax bills had been turned over to County Clerk Austin Johnson. Freeman also said a state audit of the tax settlement was completed and satisfactory. The court moved to accept the sheriff’s 2022 tax settlement as presented.
The court’s action maintains the same rates taxpayers paid in 2022 and brings the county’s budget planning for the coming year into alignment with that rate structure. Any appeals or further changes would require subsequent action by the fiscal court.
