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Putnam County sets 2025 mill rates, ratifies tax levy resolution
Summary
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 26 approved resolutions setting the 2025 mill rates for county maintenance and a special service district and ratified the Board of Education mill rate, authorizing the chairman to sign the tax levy resolution; votes were recorded 3-0 on each item.
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 26 approved three resolutions establishing mill rates for 2025 and authorized Chairman B. W. "Bill" Sharp to sign related documents, voting 3-0 on each action.
Commissioner Tom McElhenney moved to ratify the Board of Education mill rate and to authorize the chairman to sign the Tax Levy Resolution; Commissioner Jeff Wooten seconded the motion. Voting yea were Commissioner Tom McElhenney, Commissioner Richard Garrett (participating via telephone) and Commissioner Jeff Wooten. The minutes note copies of the related documents were made part of the minute book (page references not specified).
Commissioner Jeff Wooten then moved to authorize the chairman to sign a resolution setting the 2025 mill rate for incorporated and unincorporated county maintenance and operation; Commissioner Tom McElhenney seconded. The motion passed with yea votes recorded from Commissioners McElhenney, Garrett and Wooten.
The board also approved a resolution setting the 2025 mill rate for the Special Service District after a motion from Commissioner Tom McElhenney, seconded by Commissioner Jeff Wooten; the vote was recorded as 3-0 in favor.
The called meeting began at approximately 10:02 a.m. in Room 203 of the Putnam County Administration Building, 117 Putnam Drive, Eatonton. Present were Chairman B. W. "Bill" Sharp, Commissioner Tom McElhenney, Commissioner Richard Garrett (via telephone), and Commissioner Jeff Wooten; Commissioner Steve Hersey was absent. County Attorney Adam Nelson, County Manager Paul Van Haute and County Clerk Lynn Butterworth were listed as staff present; Deputy County Clerk Mercy Fluker was absent. The meeting adjourned at approximately 10:08 a.m., and County Clerk Lynn Butterworth attested the minutes.
The minutes and copies of the resolutions were made part of the minute book with specific page references left blank in the record provided. The records do not specify individual mill-rate figures in the text of the minutes.
