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Fleming County Fiscal Court adopts budget amendment, retains 2021 tax rates and posts $3.93M in county funds
Summary
The court passed Ordinance 21-1340 (budget amendment), approved budget transfers, kept 2021 property and vehicle tax rates at 16¢ per $100 and set the forest fire tax at 2.5¢ per acre; Treasurer Kathy Dryden reported total county funds of $3,931,155.30 as of July 31, 2021.
Fleming County Treasurer Kathy Dryden presented the month-end financial report for July 31, 2021, showing total county funds of $3,931,155.30. The court voted unanimously to accept the treasurer's report.
During the meeting on Aug. 10, 2021, the Fiscal Court approved budget transfers presented by Dryden and passed a second reading and final passage of Ordinance 21-1340, a budget amendment. The court also conducted a first reading of Ordinance 21-1341.
The court voted to keep the 2021 personal property and real property tax rate at 16 cents per $100 of assessed value and kept the motor vehicles and watercraft rate at 16 cents per $100. The Fleming County forest fire tax rate was set at 2.5 cents per acre; all of these tax-rate actions were approved unanimously.
Court members authorized claims payments and specific transfers as part of routine fiscal business. No new tax increases were enacted at the meeting; the actions recorded were approvals of budget adjustments, transfers and routine fiscal reports.
The court did not debate any changes to tax policy beyond retaining the existing rates; the budget amendment passed and will be recorded as Ordinance 21-1340.
