Board votes 3-2 to raise property taxes 7 percent

Posted on August 3, 2018

In a surprising reversal from their stance just two weeks ago, three of five county commissioners — Steve Spradley, Thomas Demps and Jim Moody — voted in favor of possibly raising taxes instead of holding to a 5% across-the-board budget cut agreed to by consensus in earlier budget workshops.

During a July 19 budget workshop, all five commissioners publicly stated they were not in favor of raising taxes this coming budget year.

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