The good news is that property tax bills for some county residents will stay the same as last year, since local millage rates are slated to remain at the same level and property assessments are frozen for three years. The bad news is that county residents who claim a homestead will be paying significantly more on their property tax bills this year due a planned roll back of the Homestead Option Sales Tax exemption, prompted by falling sales tax revenue and the disappearance of the state Homestead Tax Relief Grant. In a press conference Tuesday morning, Chairman Richard Oden, Tax Commissioner
Rollback of homestead tax exemption proposed