No members of the public showed up for the Fayette County Board of Education’s final public hearing Wednesday night regarding the proposed 2016 millage rate, but the board voted 5-0 afterwards to approve the 19.75-mill level.
The rate is a reduction from the current 20 mills, the maximum allowed by the state, but will result in a 3.62 percent increase in property taxes because of higher home values.
In June the board approved a $192.8 million budget for 2016-17 based on the 20-mill rate; board members Leonard Presberg and Dan Colwell repeated their concerns about adequate funding before the millage vote. Superintendent Joseph Barrow, Jr. said the system might have to revise some projects, saying, “This is going to limit some of the things we could have done.”
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