{"id":4700,"date":"2013-07-12T11:26:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T15:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=4700"},"modified":"2013-07-12T11:27:52","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T15:27:52","slug":"millage-rate-to-be-set-830-am-26-july-2013-lcc-2013-07-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/millage-rate-to-be-set-830-am-26-july-2013-lcc-2013-07-09.html","title":{"rendered":"Millage rate to be set 8:30 AM 26 July 2013 @ LCC 2013-07-09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nThey approved setting millage rates 8:30 AM Friday 26 July 2013\r\nthat&#8217;s for the property taxes they collect,\r\nat the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/videos-attorney-set-different-prices-commissioners-set-millage-date-lcc-2013-07-09.html\">\r\n9 July 2013 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission<\/a>.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n\r\n7. \r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Eub9-2Nrdpk&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=17m44s\">\r\nReports-County Manager<\/a>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9267705109\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"County Manager Joe Pritchard on millage\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3717\/9267705109_f1d88a98da_z.jpg\" alt=\"County Manager Joe Pritchard on millage\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCounty Manager Joe Pritchard reminded Commissioners they were required\r\nto set a date to set tax millage.\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/content.asp?pid=23&#038;id=140\">\r\nFinance Director Stephanie Black<\/a> said:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9270488430\/sizes\/m\/\" title=\"Finance Director Stephanie Black\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3671\/9270488430_135887b59d_m.jpg\" alt=\"Finance Director Stephanie Black\"><\/a>\r\nYou can have it as early as the\r\n26th of July,\r\nbut it has to be done and ready for the tax commissioner by July 31st.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCounty Manager wanted to know if there would be a quorum present for\r\n26 July 2013 at 8:30.\r\nChairman asked for a show of hands, and got two, which is not a quorum.\r\nCommissioner Demarcus Marshall checked his calendar and said he could\r\nalso attend, and three is a quorum.\r\nCommissioner John Page asked if this was the day they previously\r\nhad been advised in an email.\r\nAnswer: no, that was Thursday, and this date is a Friday.\r\nCounty Manager also clarified that they couldn&#8217;t set their millage\r\nuntil the School Board did.\r\nCommissioner Marshall noted he had previously been told the 25th,\r\nand once again staff admitted that was so.\r\nThree days later, there is still nothing on\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/calendar.asp\">\r\nthe county&#8217;s online calendar<\/a>\r\nfor 26 July 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nVideo is\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Eub9-2Nrdpk&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=17m44s\">\r\nhere<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They approved setting millage rates 8:30 AM Friday 26 July 2013 that&#8217;s for the property taxes they collect, at the 9 July 2013 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission. 7. Reports-County Manager County Manager Joe Pritchard reminded Commissioners they were required to set a date to set tax millage. 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