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Fiscal Court advances FY24/25 budget first reading and sets Sept. 17 tax-rate hearing

Simpson County Fiscal Court · March 1, 2026
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Summary

Simpson County Fiscal Court approved first readings of the FY24/25 budget ordinance and a tax-rate ordinance that keeps rates unchanged, and authorized required advertising and a public hearing to be held at the Sept. 17 meeting.

Simpson County Judge/Executive Mason Bames opened the Aug. 20 fiscal court meeting and the court approved the first reading of the FY24/25 budget ordinance (No. 220.258, Amendment No. 1) and advanced first reading of Ordinance 220.259 setting the county's 2024 tax rates.

Under Ordinance 220.259 the court left rates unchanged from 2023: 10 cents per $100 of assessed value for real and personal property, 16.1 cents per $100 for…

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