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Supervisors approve bigger budget with few changes
The Itawamba County Board of Supervisors has approved a budget for the 2013-2014 fiscal year, which includes a five percent tax increase for residents. Last week, supervisors voted their approval of...
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Fulton millage stays steady for three decades
The Fulton Board of Aldermen recently approved the city’s budget for the 2014 fiscal year, marking the city’s 30th year without a millage increase. The city’s 2013-2014 budget, approved in late...
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Mantachie board questions $30k deficit in budget
Before they could approve the town’s budget for the next fiscal year, Mantachie aldermen first had to solve the mystery surrounding a deficit of more than $30,000 in the current budget. According to...
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County’s value up, budget about the same
* The county’s budget for the coming fiscal year doesn’t differ much from this year’s, although the value of each mill is up. Last week, the Itawamba County Board of Supervisors approved the budget...
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Fulton officials approve $10.8 million budget
* The 2014-2015 budget sees few changes from last year’s model. What can be said about the latest iteration of the Fulton’s budget that hasn’t been said about the last few that preceded it? Millage...
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Taxing mistake may have cost Mantachie thousands
A mistake in town’s tax books has very likely cost the town of Mantachie thousands in sales tax dollars. During this month’s meeting of the town’s board of aldermen, Mantachie officials discussed a...
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County millage rate expected to remain the same
If everything goes according to plan, the county will keep its current millage rate of 126.55. That means no direct tax increase for county residents, although they will likely pay more in taxes...
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Mantachie budget amended due to overspending, over-earning
Overspending has forced Mantachie officials to amend the current year’s budget. They aren’t sweating it, however, because they’ve also made a lot more money than expected. Bryon Wilemon, an accountant...
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Fulton officials approve $10.8 million budget
Last week, the Fulton Board of Aldermen approved the city’s budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. Although some of the details have changed from the previous year, the broad strokes seem to be mostly...
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Mantachie officials approve $800K budget
Mantachie officials have approved a relatively unsurprising budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. The $800,000 budget largely follows the same path as its predecessor, save a few notable changes....
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Budget concerns overshadow school board meeting
Less is more when it comes to Itawamba County School District’s preliminary budget for the coming fiscal year. During its most recent meeting, the Itawamba County School Board discussed at length the...
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Itawamba County 2016-2017 budget summary
The Itawamba County Board of Supervisors recently approved the budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. Like any budget, a simple breakdown of income and expenditures reveals where the money’s coming...
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County budget doesn’t budge
Itawamba County Board of Supervisors have approved the budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year that doesn’t appear to be far removed from its predecessor. Neither the millage rate for the general fund...
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