Oconee County Taxpayers Have A Second Chance To Comment On Proposed County Tax Rate

***No One Spoke At Hearing Last Week***

Oconee County taxpayers will get a second chance to voice their opinions on the county’s plans to approve a property tax rate for 2020 when the Board of Commissioners holds a public hearing before its regular meeting on Tuesday

The proposed property tax rate, or millage rate, will be the same in 2020 as it was in 2019, and the county budget, which went into effect with the beginning of the 2021 Fiscal Year on July 1, has been approved based on that rate.

Northeast Health District Adds 85 New Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, And Seven-Day Rolling Average Declines

***No New Deaths Reported; Critical Care Bed Use Up***

The Northeast Health District added 85 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, the fewest it has added per day in more than a week, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases dropped to 158.6 from 160.4 on Sunday.

Mondays usually are light days in reporting cases to the Department of Public Health for its Daily Status Report, but the 85 cases compared with 98 a week earlier.