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Fiscal Court advances FY24/25 budget first reading and sets Sept. 17 tax-rate hearing
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 watercraft and motor vehicles, and 10.5 cents per $100 for aircraft. Magistrate Marty Chandler moved and Magistrate Myron Thurman seconded the motion to approve the first reading of the tax-rate ordinance; the motion carried with Chandler, Thurman, Jeffrey Burr and Judge Bames voting yes and Magistrate Scott Poston absent.
The court authorized the required two consecutive weeks of advertising under KRS 68.245(5)(c) and set a public hearing for 8:30 AM at the start of the Sept. 17 Fiscal Court meeting to receive public comment on the proposed rates. County Attorney Sam Phillips reminded residents with delinquent taxes to address outstanding bills ahead of the county's tax sale scheduled for Sept. 18.
The court also approved two budget transfers (a $66 transfer to sheriff deputies' salaries and a $27,000 transfer to a Building Inspector vehicle line) and approved a conditional cash transfer of $150,547 from the General Fund to the Jail Fund "if necessary." Those transfers were approved by recorded motion and unanimous vote of present members (Poston absent).
The court's actions at first reading advance the ordinances to a subsequent meeting for additional consideration; a public hearing has been scheduled so the court can receive and consider public input before any final vote.
