The JIPSD Budget is up for first reading at the Commission Meeting on Tuesday, May 12 at 7:00 at Signal Point Road.
The current draft includes a property tax increase from 51.1 mills to 53.1 mills. That is a 3.9% increase.
The draft budget includes pay increases for all JIPSD employees averaging 7.5%.
The budget document forecasts property tax increases to 64.1 millls in 2020, a 25% increase over 5 years.
The possible sale of a portion of the Dills Bluff Property is on the agenda as well. The Town has expressed interest in buying up to 2 acres of the property for a new Town Hall. It is also a potential site for the new Charleston County library on James Island if the Commissioners are willing to sell.
The agenda for the meeting his here.
The JIPSD budget is voted upon by the JIPSD Commissioners.
Bill Woolsey, Mayor