MISSISSIPPI COUNTY SETS TAX RATES FOR THE YEAR

CHARLESTON -- Tax rates for the 1999 year have been set and approved for Mississippi County.

The commissioners approved the Ad Valorem Tax Rates, or property tax rates, as recommended by Junior DeLay, county clerk at a recent meeting.

The first rate to be set was for the county's general revenue fund. According to DeLay, general revenue has a levy ceiling of 46 cents, which must be rolled back by 14 cents due to the sales tax. DeLay recommended rolling back the levy rate an additional 6 cents. The new rate will be 26 cents, up from the 20 cents per $100 assessed value levied last year.

The road and bridge tax, which has a ceiling of 35 cents, will remain at 32 cents after the three cent required rollback.

The Johnson grass tax will also stay unchanged at five cents for a total of 63 cents per $100 assessed value levied by the county.

Residents of Charleston will see a net increase of five cents. East Prairie residents will see a net decrease of 14 cents.