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Votes at a glance: August 26, 2025 Houston County Special Called Meeting
Summary
The board unanimously approved resolutions adopting the 2025 county and mandated levies and authorized the chairman to sign; a motion to adjourn passed unanimously.
Key actions taken Aug. 26 by the Houston County Board of Commissioners:
- Adopted resolutions setting the 2025 tax levies. Final mills: Incorporated areas 20.169 mills; Unincorporated areas 21.846 mills (breakdown: 8.450 general county purposes; 11.719 educational purposes; unincorporated fire levy 1.677). Motion to approve the resolutions was made by Commissioner Robinson, seconded by Commissioner Byrd, and carried unanimously.
- Read and incorporated a Mandated Levy resolution to raise 1.066 mills for statutory and court-ordered costs (detailed line items were read into the record). One transcribed line for the Public Defender/Indigent Defense levy appears as "2,827,82" in the posted transcript and requires verification in the official resolution text.
- Motion to adjourn by Commissioner Gottwals, second by Commissioner Talton, carried unanimously.
Vote detail: All five commissioners listed as present (Chairman Perdue and Commissioners Byrd, Gottwals, Robinson and Talton) voted in favor of the motions recorded in the minutes; the transcript records the actions as unanimous.
