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Mayor Steve Patterson previews 2% income tax levy after League of Women Voters town hall

Athens City Council · April 1, 2026
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Mayor Steve Patterson and city officials urged residents to review a proposed 2% income tax increase that will appear on the May primary ballot, following a well-attended League of Women Voters town hall that included city finance officials and a council member.

Mayor Steve Patterson urged Athens residents to review a proposed 2% income tax increase that will appear on the May primary ballot, saying city officials laid out the rationale at a League of Women Voters town hall this week.

The mayor said the meeting was well attended and streamed on the city's government channel. "We were being uh as information forward ... to provide to all of you the true need for said income tax increase of 2%," he…

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