Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the County Finance topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Greene County meeting roundup: collections report, tax authority, budget amendments and jail repairs approved
Summary
Commissioners accepted a monthly tax-collection report showing $11,862,704.28 collected this tax year (98.82% collection rate), authorized the tax administrator to collect 2026–27 taxes, approved budget amendments for communications and economic development (vote recorded), declared surplus property, and authorized a $75,000 jail elevator repair.
Greene County commissioners approved a series of financial and operational items during their July meeting, including acceptance of county revenue reports, motions granting collection authority, personnel-related budget changes and a facilities repair.
Stephanie Wiggins (Speaker 5) presented the monthly collection report and annual settlement, reporting that "the total collected including interest was $11,862,704.28" and stating an audited collection rate for real and personal property of 98.82 percent (the audited rate was noted to later include motor-vehicle collections handled through the DMV). The board moved and approved acceptance of the monthly collection reports and the annual settlement.
Following that presentation, the board approved a collection order giving the tax administrator the authority to collect 2026–27 taxes and to pursue collection remedies as allowed under state statute.
Manager Cannon (Speaker 7) asked the board to approve a communications budget amendment to add two shift supervisors in the communications department and a separate economic development budget amendment that covered increased Economic Development Region (EDR) dues and contract services. Commissioners discussed recent grant activity that staff described as including a reported $1,400,000 award for EMS 4 and roughly $1,000,000 for a senior center project. The economic development amendment was approved; during the vote sequence the transcript records a tally noted verbally as "4 2 1." The record did not supply a written roll-call with individual names tied to each yes/no entry.
The board declared one truck surplus so a local partner in Hookerton could register it without a competitive bid and approved a $75,000 repair for the jail elevator after staff said the elevator's door‑operating system is antiquated. Commissioners asked whether warranty coverage from a prior remodel might apply; staff indicated the elevator in question was not part of that remodel.
The board also approved appointments and reappointments to the planning committee (Rosa Wilson and Zachary Morris) and the senior center advisory board (Alice Barfield). The meeting closed with announcements about a back-to-school event at Green Central High School in August 2026 and a vote to enter a closed session for economic-development discussion before adjournment.
