Hall County cuts levy to $397.75 to avoid joint public hearing
Facing a revised growth calculation and a potential $193,916.04 breach of the joint-public-hearing threshold, the Hall County Board of Commissioners voted to lower the levy to $397.75 and reallocate $100,000 from miscellaneous general to reduce the immediate tax notice requirement.
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The Hall County Board of Commissioners voted to set the county levy at $397.75 on Tuesday, a reduction commissioners said would keep the county below the threshold that triggers a joint public hearing (the so-called "pink postcard"). Chair opened the special budget meeting to review newly certified valuation numbers and heard from Kayla, a member of county budget staff, who said the new growth percentage is 3.331% and that change pushed the county $193,916.04 over the public-hearing threshold.
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