By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

Almost every seat in the boardroom was filled as concerned citizens aired their frustrations with Yazoo County supervisors about the proposed budget.
Yazoo County plans to increase the ad valorem tax millage rate by 2.9 mills with an additional increase of .88 mills for the Yazoo County School District for a total of 3.78 mills.
The county currently operates on a budget with a projected revenue of $14,246,683 with 63.48 (9,750,940) percent of that revenue coming from ad valorem taxes. For the next fiscal year, Yazoo County has proposed a budget with a projected revenue of $15,016,038. Of that amount, 64.93 percent (9,750,940) would come from ad valorem taxes.
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