In its regular meeting Aug. 24, 2020, the Kent County commissioners’ court approved the 2020 tax rate, 0.875600 per $100 of valuation, representing an increase from the previous year’s rate of 0.757296 but less than the 2020 no-new-revenue rate of 0.895600, as the county is not proposing to increase property taxes for 2020.
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If you follow local government, you quickly learn that elected officials like the mayor and alderpersons have the name recognition, and run for office on policy and positions, but the due diligence in determining what can be done via statute or ordinance in a small town is the bailiwick of the city secretary.
In its regular meeting August 10, 2020, the Kent County Commissioners’ Court approved a request by the Kent County Emergency Management System to change its billing company to ABS, and agreed to buy new radios for the county’s new ambulance that is currently being outfitted.