I’m not worried about being friends with anybody. All we’re asking you to do is to get this on the ballot.”įrank Barnes also spoke in favor of the tax relief, demanding the school board take action. I don’t know, but I have a feeling they would like to say something. Do you have confidence in them? If you pass this resolution and get it on the ballot next May, they will have an opportunity to vote. “The same people that will end up voting are the same ones that elected you. Give us an opportunity to vote on it,” Chuck Franklin said. “Three months ago, we came to you with a simple request - pass a resolution. The board has agreed to the request, though the exact parameters of that resolution had not been determined as of Monday night. The tax relief group has asked the school board pass a resolution eliminating property taxes for seniors early next year, so the Georgia Legislature will have a chance to pass the measure in time for it to appear on ballots in May. “That’s something we need to be very cognizant and fair about.” “We’re balancing with the fact that if we create an entitlement for seniors, it pushes the risk to the non-seniors for any future funding,” Hancock said. Hancock also said tax abatements would not impact seniors on a fixed income that rent their home, and the cost might eventually make it necessary for younger citizens to pay more taxes. That strategic, that it helps our kids build toward a world-class education.” “What I ask is that we step back as a community and make sure that what we do is first and foremost sustainable because we can’t do something and turn around the next year and put us back into a hole. “We will make a recommendation for our representatives to get onto the ballot, that will happen, and we commit to doing that,” Hancock said. Hancock also explained the process for how a tax exemption for seniors would be passed, while cautioning everyone to consider the request carefully.
#Troup county school system budget calendar 2016 plus#
Miller said the school system already has a $1.8 million deficit for the upcoming budget year, plus any cuts made in the state budget. School Board Chairman Kirk Hancock said the school board wants to make sure whatever is decided be sustainable. Miller said that cost would increase to $5.3 million in fiscal year 2024 and $5.7 million in fiscal year 2029. Miller estimated that a property tax exemption for seniors 65 and older would cost TCSS $4.7 million in fiscal year 2021. I’m not making excuses… but we are very mindful of the cuts because we know they represent families.” They are people who are driving buses for the benefits. “I totally agree with tweaking a budget, but in those same lines - even though we are with a $118 million budget - tweaking a budget represents families, and we are very mindful of… every tweak. School board member Brandon Brooks responded to the request saying the “tweaks” are not as easy to make as they sound. Tweaking a budget is what we ask you to do.” That can be done very, very easily with some of the figures we gave you.
“You may not have children in school right now, but we are at a point in our lives where our incomes are lower, our property taxes are more, and we are asking you to cut this $118 million budget 3 to 4 percent. We have done this for years, and I know we don’t have children in school,” said Marcelene New, president of the Tax Relief for Troup County Property Owners group.
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