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Putnam County adopts certified tax rate of 1.6392 after brief questions
Summary
Putnam County commissioners voted to adopt the state-certified tax rate of 1.6392, which the chair described as revenue-neutral after recent reappraisal and appeals. The motion passed 23–1.
Putnam County commissioners voted to adopt the state-certified property tax rate of 1.6392. Commissioner Rogers, presenting the budget committee recommendation, said: "The certified tax rate came back to be 1.6392." The board approved the rate after a short period of questions about whether individual taxpayers would see increases or decreases; the clerk recorded the vote as 23 yes, 1 no.
Rogers walked commissioners through how the rate is allocated, saying, for example, "Of that rate, the county general fund will get 0.6125," with other fractions assigned to schools, debt service and other funds. He explained the certified rate is intended to be revenue-neutral after the county's reappraisal and appeals process changed the preliminary rate. The commission approved the resolution without further amendment, and the chair declared the motion carried.
