Politics & Government
Cherokee Commissioners Set 2015 Millage Rate
The new rate -- 9.900 -- is slightly lower than the current millage rate of 9.908.
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Cherokee County Commissioners at their July 23 meeting voted to adopt its 2015 millage rate.
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Commissioners voted to approve the total rate at 9.900 mills, down slightly from 9.908 millage rate adopted in 2014.
Broken down, the new rate includes: 5.720 mills for the general fund (down from the advertised proposed general fund millage rate of 5.728); 3.436 for the fire district and .744 for the parks bond.
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Commissioners also adopted the millage rate for the Cherokee County School Board, which comes in at 19.45 mills.
The county plans to implement a 5 percent cost-of-living adjustment for employees, and use $590,000 in reserves to make up for the slight rollback according to the Cherokee Ledger-News.
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