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Resident says minimum tax increase surprised some; council notes item was on agenda
Summary
Resident Lynn Alexander told council she was surprised by a rise in the town minimum tax and said she had been told earlier there would be no increases; council responded that individual councillors cannot speak for the body and that the matter appeared on the meeting agenda and posted minutes.
At the March 13 meeting of the Town of St. George's council, delegate Lynn Alexander raised concerns about what she described as a recent increase in the town’s minimum tax from $325 to $500. Alexander said a councillor had told attendees at a fall 2024 public meeting about Atlas Salt that there would be no tax increases this year and that the change "should have been made public before it happened," adding she had found the item on the agenda and in the online minutes.
Council did not identify which councillor was alleged to have made the earlier remark; the meeting record notes only Alexander's statement and the council’s response that one or two councillors cannot speak for the whole council. The transcript does not record any formal reversal or amendment to the tax decision at this meeting. Mayor Conrad White and council agreed to investigate invoicing questions raised in the action report related to land sales and leases (including the Atlas Salt transaction) as a follow-up item.
