County reaffirms intent to collect special assessments

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Just before the end of 2024, local officials adopted a resolution of intent in keeping with an annual procedural requirement that state law mandates if a county plans to levy and collect non-ad-valorem assessments in the future. The resolution, which the Jefferson County Commission approved late last year (on Thursday evening, Dec. 19), allows for the levy and collection of non-ad-valorem assessments for such services as fire protection, solid waste collection and disposal, and the regular maintenance of specified private roads, such as in the Aucilla Shores subdivision. It also allows for any other special assessments that local officials may decide t