County commissioners approve road district tax petitions

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

By SYDNEY STONNER/Staff writer

At their first meeting of the new year Tuesday, Jan. 5, Saline County Commissioners approved petitions from Blackburn and Slater Special Road Districts.

The petitions request renewal of the road districts' tax levies be placed on the ballot for the April 2010 election. Each levy is $0.36 per $100 of assessed valuation, and will remain in effect for four years, if approved in the election.

In other tax-related matters, commissioners accepted a payment of $10,308.69 from the Missouri Conservation Commission. These are funds paid in lieu of taxes, commissioners said, as a way to make up for the conserved land being removed from the tax base.

Also during session, commissioners approved the hiring of Diane Tebbenkamp as a part-time, temporary employee in the county public administrator's office.

Commissioners will meet again Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 9 a.m. in the lower level of the courthouse.

Contact Sydney Stonner at marshallbusiness@socket.net

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It is to renew a tax! Unless u live in one of these road districts u will not have a chance to vote on this tax nor will u be taxed! Let the taxpayer decide!

-- Posted by yomomma on Tue, Jan 5, 2010, at 7:35 PM

Keep taxing people and that school bond will never pass. Before you know I will have to take my pay check every month to the courthouse bypassing all my bills and food.

-- Posted by Scarpetta on Tue, Jan 5, 2010, at 2:24 PM