Burgin Sets Tax Rates, Bills Go Out Oct. 1
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Robert Moore
Herald Staff
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The Burgin City Council approved tax rates for the fiscal year. At their meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 10, the council approved a tax rate of .142 per $100 in assessed value for real property and .159 per $100 in assessed value for personal property.
The council had to pass an emergency ordinance to meet the submission deadline with the county clerk.
The council chose the lower compensating rate, which is calculated by the state to generate approximately the same revenue as the year before. The compensating rate is lower because of the increase in property values.
“I’m okay with this,” said Councilman Sindicat “Sid” Dunn. “We don’t have any projects where we need any revenue.”
Councilman Jamie Keebortz moved to take the compensating rate on real property and keep rate the same on personal property. Keebortz also moved to make Oct. 1 the mailout date. The motions passed unanimously.
In other business, the Burgin City Council approved paying $870,000 to Cumberland Pipeline of Columbia to replace Burgin’s main waterline from where it taps into Harrodsburg’s line all the way to the water tower. Cumberland’s bid was the cheapest of the two submitted for the project. The other bid, from B&M Pipeline of Mount Vernon, was for $1.5 million.
Mayor Joe Monroe also informed the council that testing for Burgin’s long-waited flooding alleviation project was supposed to start this week.
“They are going to call us and give us a couple of days heads up,” Monroe said.
Part of the testing is to drill two test wells and see if they hit water and check the flow, the mayor said, one at the sinkhole and the other side of the railroad tracks. He said they were checking the ground for caverns or caves, anything “that could cause problems.” Monroe said the testing should be done by Dec. 20, and the city should receive the report by Jan. 5, 2025.
