The Greenwood City Council unanimously approved a budget for the upcoming fiscal year Tuesday.
The property tax rate will rise by 4%, and the $13.9 million general fund budget itself will be 4% higher than current year’s figure.
The tax rate will increase from 52.26 mills to 54.26 mills. A mill is equal to $1 of tax for each $1,000 of assessed value.
At the adopted rate, the taxes on a $100,000 owner-occupied home will go up by $16 a year; on a $30,000 automobile, the increase will be $18.
Also Tuesday, Mayor Carolyn McAdams gave an update on C Spire and the installation and production of fiber optic cables in the city. “In about two weeks or so, they will start applying for permits,” McAdams said.
McAdams said a representative of C Spire told her the process of bringing its broadband internet service to Greenwood has been slowed because the coronavirus pandemic has affected staffing and construction.
In other business:
- The council unanimously approved the city’s health insurance plan, a partially self-funded medical plan administered by United Medical Resources Inc.
- The council approved the reappointment of Becky Palmer to the Historic Preservation Commission.
- The council approved a $100 donation by the city to St. Francis of Assisi School for expenses related to the school’s 70th anniversary celebration.
- The council approved a $2,500 donation to the Leflore County alumni chapter of Mississippi Valley State University for an event sponsorship in the school’s annual Homecoming Golf Classic.
- Leigh-Anne Gant, Delta Health Alliance’s associate vice president of early years education programs, expressed appreciation for the city’s support after an open house for the Greenwood Head Start/Early Head Start was held last month for the school.
- Dr. Tamala Boyd Shaw, a board member of ArtPlace Mississippi, updated the council on some events that the organization was able to host this summer, including a camp that ran from June through August, and also many of the future events that ArtPlace has planned for later this year, such as the annual Holiday Market in December.
- Contact Drew Richardson at 662-581-7233 or drichardson@gwcommonwealth.com.
