County approves $43M budget plus higher millage rate

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Commission last week adopted a budget of $43 million and a millage rate that represents a slight tax increase. The final public hearing on the budget and millage rate on Tuesday evening, Sept. 27, was in keeping with the hearing’s originally advertised time and date, but not so the first hearing, which occurred a week earlier than advertised. Regardless, the final hearing on the budget and millage rate for fiscal year 2022-23 procee