The Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF) reached a final determination about the proposed tax increase that would help reestablish the Marshall County Cumulative Bridge Fund. In a document provided to the Marshall County Commissioners Monday morning, DLGF officials stated that after weighing the available testimony and evidence they found no legal basis for denying the proposed fund reestablishment.
Commissioners initially approved the increase back in March. However, after at least ten residents signed a petition objecting to it, DLGF representatives held a public hearing and looked over all relevant information to assess the apparent necessity. Continue reading
The Department of Local Government Finance has not produced a decision concerning Marshall County’s increase in the Cumulative Bridge Fund. The commissioners adopted a resolution in March that increases the fund $.0524 per $100 of assessed valuation to make sure that fund is solvent in order to make necessary repairs to the county’s bridges for public safety.
Officials with the Department of Local Government Finance have not yet returned a decision on a Marshall County ordinance that increases the Cumulative Bridge Fund by $.0524 per $100 of assessed valuation. County officials are attempting to avoid a serious deficit in that fund next year to ensure there is enough money to fund repairs to the county’s bridges for public safety.
Officials from the Department of Local Government Finance presided over a public hearing as a remonstrance was filed opposing the increase of the Marshall County Cumulative Bridge Fund.
Marshall County Auditor Julie Fox received petitions in her office that oppose the raise in the Cumulative Bridge Fund.
The Marshall County Council will meet today where Commissioner Kurt Garner will discuss a rate increase in the Cumulative Bridge Fund.
