County Commission sets (tentative) property tax rate
Commissioners delayed votes on operating and capital budgets to a June 29 meeting that will also include a final vote on the property tax hike.
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Commissioners delayed votes on operating and capital budgets to a June 29 meeting that will also include a final vote on the property tax hike.
Adding more funding to county reserves is competing with a scaled-down lawsuit settlement, more spending and a basic tax rate that has been reduced by the state for the new fiscal year.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and the county administration say they agree on dollar figures, but not a solution to the dispute.
The expensive legal settlement grew more complex last week with word that the $18 million would have to be included in future Sheriff’s Office budgets.
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris agreed earlier this month to settle Bonner’s lawsuit against Harris with a “confidential” deal for an $18 million amendment to the sheriff’s budget for the current fiscal year.
Commissioners also began to talk Monday, Oct. 6, about the county’s other financial problem that prompted the Tennessee comptroller to bar approval of any new bonds for the next year.
But the Shelby County Commission still has some dollar figures to crunch and some conflicting calculations to resolve before it can close the books on another budget season.
The detention center has been a goal of the current county administration and commission since they came to office nearly four years ago.
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