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 Darren Doyle, story: The second August meeting of the Edmonson County Fiscal Court was called to order by Judge/Executive Scott Lindsey on Monday, August 25th at 4PM in the Edmonson County Courthouse. There was an additional special called meeting at 3:45PM to hear public comments regarding the 2025 County tax rates. No visitors attended the meeting so the second reading of the tax rates were approved in the following regular meeting which immediately followed. County real property tax rates will fall from 12.6 cents per $100 down to 12.2 cents. The remaining county rates will remain the same, which include: Tangible: 19.5 Motor Vehicle: 17.1 Inventory: 19.5 Watercraft: 17.1 Aircraft: 17.1 Bank Share: 20.0 Additionally, the Extension Board dropped their property tax rates from .019 to .018 per $100. Sheriff James Vincent requested an additional vehicle, using funds outside of his annual budget, at a cost of $30K from the general fund. Vincent said as a result of the combination of vehicles that need repair and a shortage, an additional vehicle was necessary. The funding was approved unanimously. The money was allocated to purchase a 2023 Dodge Durango. The Court also voted to move forward with architectural drawings of renderings previously discussed about a new porch build at the Community Center, presented by Preserving Edmonson Pride, or PEP. The Edmonson County Fiscal Court voted in July of 2023 to allocate $430,000 of ARPA funding for a downtown beautification project on behalf of PEP, however, unforeseen costs have delayed the project. More information will be available this week. Magistrates also voted to:
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