“We are (looking) at town hall meetings so they can have all the latest information. Hopefully we can do that in the next month. We are nowhere close to (having) a data center."
That argument surfaced repeatedly during a recent meeting of the Lee County Board of Tax Assessors, where officials, citizens and school system representatives discussed the coding error that contributed to incorrect rollback calculations and higher-than-expected tax collections.
Photos by Reginald Christian, Albany State University
Now in its 26th year, the exhibition features work by artists from across Southwest Georgia and offers residents an opportunity to engage directly with the area's creative community.
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The tentative budget proposes approximately $258.4 million in anticipated revenues and $283.9 million in expenditures across all funds. While the budget continues to utilize fund balances in some areas, district officials say the proposal reflects routine financial planning and ongoing efforts to improve operational efficiency rather than broad spending cuts.
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The Lee County Board of Education is working with the county's tax commissioner on a plan to correct an error made by the county's Board of Tax Assessors in calculating the 2025 rollback rate.
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