The Spring Hill Mayor and Board of Aldermen voted to not increase property taxes this year. The Mayor, Michael Dinwiddie has recommended a 20 percent increase over the current tax. It is encouraging that the aldermen used better judgement and decided that increasing the tax burden on the residents during a recession wasn't something that the public wanted.
The current city property tax for Spring Hill equates to $150 per year for every $100,000 of property value, even though they make it look very complicated with the computations they use.
For many years Spring Hill didn't have a city tax, and depended on fees charged to home builders to fund the city government. Now with new home construction moving at a very slow pace, the city has started to charge a tax to home owners. I think that reducing the size of the city government would be a better plan, and I'm sure that most of the public would endorse any candidate who supports the idea of smaller government.
Just my rant of the day
Glad to hear of your victory! We don't need more taxes! city, county, state or federal...........
melissa - I am really surprised that it didn't pass. usually the Aldermen just do what the Mayor asks, I'll bet he was in shock when it happened.