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Giles County to reconsider will-tax referendum after $3,000 cost emerges
Summary
Giles County officials will revisit a resolution that placed a will-tax referendum on the May 5 ballot after learning the county would face roughly $3,000 in costs; Budget Committee Chairman Evan Badure said he had believed adding the question would carry no expense.
Chandler Harmon, Pulaski Citizen reporter: The Giles County Commission plans to reconsider a recently passed resolution that would place a will-tax referendum on the May 5 ballot after officials learned the referendum would cost the county about $3,000.
Budget Committee Chairman Evan Badure said he originally believed adding the referendum to the May 5 ballot "would not cost the county anything," and that some commissioners who voted for the measure might have voted differently had they known the expense. Because of the newly disclosed cost, the commission is expected to consider repealing the resolution at its next meeting.
The meeting is scheduled for next Monday in the Chantry Courtroom at the Giles County Courthouse; the Pulaski Citizen will stream the session on its Facebook and YouTube pages, the host said. The decision to reconsider does not by itself change the ballot; it directs the commission to revisit the earlier resolution and decide whether to rescind it.
The report did not specify detailed budget line items for the $3,000 estimate or which county department provided the figure.
