Commissioners: Minimal tax rate increase funds pay raises?

Posted on July 29, 2016

After nearly 17 hours of budget workshops, the Taylor County Commission appears close to finalizing its preliminary budget, which will include a raise for most employees, funded through a slight increase in the county’s millage rates to make up for the drop in property values this year.

The board will hold what is expected to be a final workshop on Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 9 a.m. to hear the cost estimates of its proposed wage increases, followed by a special meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 3, to set proposed millage rates.

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