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Court schedules Friday meeting to set proposed tax rate and meet publication deadlines
Summary
After reviewing statutory timing, Newton County commissioners scheduled a special Friday meeting at 10:00 a.m. to adopt and publish a proposed 2025 tax rate so the notice can meet the minimum 10-day public-notice requirement before the Sept. 24 regular meeting.
Newton County Commissioners Court discussed the timing and legal requirements for publishing a proposed tax rate for 2025 and concluded Sept. 10 that it needed to hold a follow-up court meeting to set the proposed rate and meet newspaper-publication deadlines.
Commission members noted state rules require a notice at least 10 days before a hearing on a proposed rate and discussed the county's Sept. 24 regular meeting as the point for formal adoption. Because the Sept. 24 meeting is the next regular session, the court agreed it must publish the proposed rate by Sept. 14 to satisfy the 10-day minimum and therefore scheduled a special meeting for Friday at 10:00 a.m. to adopt and post the proposed rate.
Court members emphasized that the budget must be adopted before the tax rate and discussed the mechanics of posting the proposed rate in the local newspaper; staff indicated how to reserve space in the paper and the deadlines for insertion. The court made no formal adoption of a tax rate at the Sept. 10 session; it only set the Friday meeting to take that step.
