Property taxes for the county will remain the same as last year, following action taken by the Wayne County Fiscal Court during a meeting on September 12.

Wayne County Judge/Executive Mike Anderson recommended that the court adopt the same rate as last year, which was 12.6 cents per hundred dollars of assessed value. That will be for real property.

The rate for personal property will remain at 13.25 cents per hundred dollars assessed value. The timberland tax will also remain the same. All magistrates voted in favor of the action.

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Property taxes will decrease slightly this year for the Wayne County School District. Board members met on September 10 and approved the compensating rate for 2019-20.

The rate for real property will decrease by two-tenths of a cent to 49.2 cents per hundred dollars assessed value.

The board set the rate for personal property at 49.5 per hundred dollars assessed value, which is the same as last year.

The board approved the working budget for the current school year. The working budget includes the latest SEEK projections provided to school districts, though final numbers are not yet available.

The budget for the district totals approximately $32 million in all funds for the school year.