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taxpayers
granted relief
By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock Neva Staff Writer
Elderly or totally disabled homeowners with incomes below $12,500 per year and assets other than their house and one acre of less than $75,000 will not have to pay real estate taxes this year.
The Board of Supervisors approved the tax relief ordinance at their meeting Monday night. The supervisors had originally advertised a plan to also reduce, but not eliminate, taxes for those with incomes of up to $20,000. At last month’s meeting they decided not to act on that ordinance, but to instead readvertise the more restrictive plan that passed.
. Only one citizen spoke at the public hearing on the ordinance. Coleen Glascock supported the proposal saying she was representing her mother who would qualify for the tax relief and was trying to hold onto a home that had been in the family since 1905.
Hampton District representative Mike Massie noted that most other counties had some form of tax relief for the elderly. He said he had talked with several constituents and “It is something the people want.”
Jackson District representative Ellis Bingham agreed saying, “It’s a move in the right direction.” He noted that the supervisors could enact more comprehensive tax relief at a later date. Col. Bingham’s motion to approve the tax relief passed unanimously.
Commissioner of Revenue Beverly Atkins, whose office will administer the tax relief program, said she
See SUPERVISORS, p. A-3
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