By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
The magistrates that make up the Barren County Fiscal Court will have a special-called meeting on Oct. 29 at 9 a.m. to approve various invoices and acknowledge the 2024 Barren County tax rates.
Regarding the 2024 tax rate, which some will begin to see in their mailboxes this weekend, covers several taxing districts within the county including the Public Health Taxing District that was established at the Sept. 7, 2023 fiscal court meeting, all three local school districts’ taxing districts, the library district and the ambulance district.
Aside from that, the court is also scheduled to go into closed session for “legal discussion of proposed or pending litigation against or behalf of the public” as allowed by Kentucky Revised Statue 61.810.
The tax rates for 2024 per $100 of assessed value are:
Barren County Fiscal Court — 13 cents on real property; 15.3 cents on tangible property.
Barren County Board of Education — 65.7 cents on real; 67.4 cents on tangibles.
Caverna Independent Schools — 75.8 cents on real property; 78.4 cents on tangibles.
Glasgow Independent Schools — 79.4 cents on real property; 80.9 cents on tangibles.
Barren County Public Health District — 2.5 cents on real and tangible properties.
Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Library — 2.9 cents on real; 2.54 cents on tangible property.
Barren County Extension District — 1.6 cents on real property; 2.13 cents on tangibles.
Barren County Ambulance District — 2.4 cents on both real and tangible property.
The City of Park City has a 27.3 cent tax per $100 assessed value on real property and a rate of 30.4 cents on tangible personal property.
The City of Cave City has a 13.4 cent tax per $100 assessed value on both real property and tangible personal property.
Glasgow’s tax rate is 16.9 cents on both real and tangible personal property.
Finally, the Barren County Chiefs’ Association set the 2024 fire dues at $50 for “all eight departments and their respect[ive] districts.”
