County sets tentative budget and millage rate for coming fiscal year (Final hearing is Sept. 24)

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The average property owner in Jefferson County can expect a slight tax break in their taxes in the coming year, if commissioners stick to the numbers that they recently approved. As tentatively approved by the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners on Thursday evening, Sept. 15, the budget and millage rate for Fiscal Year 2026-2027, which begins on Oct. 1, is $39,775, 680 and 7.3673 mills, respectively, with the final hearing on the two set for Thursday eve