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A graphic from the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government showing where property tax dollar proceeds go.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council voted unanimously to keep an increase in property tax revenue at 4% by rolling back the rate.
Fayette County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Kentucky and is consolidated with the city of Lexington. As of the 2020 census , the population was 322,570, [ 1 ] making it the second-most populous county in the commonwealth .
Initially, the auditor of public accounts served as a comptroller and tax collector for state government. The Reorganization Act of 1936 transferred those functions to other state agencies and established the auditor's office as "...an impartial agency entirely independent of state administration and charged with the responsibility of auditing the accounts and financial transactions of all ...
Mike Harmon (born October 16, 1966) is an American politician who served as the Kentucky auditor of public accounts from 2016 to 2024. He was previously a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives for the 54th district. [1] He was a 2011 candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, but lost in the primary.
This was the first time in 20 years Fayette County residents had the opportunity to vote on a new local property tax. Lexington voters pass new tax for parks projected to generate $8 million a ...
[7] The second largest, Lexington, is an urban-county government under KRS 67A. Lexington and Fayette County are completely merged and there are no separate incorporated cities within the county. [7] In both of these counties, while Lexington and Louisville city governments govern their respective counties, a county judge/executive is still ...