Floyd County to Vote on RV Park and 2024 Property Tax Rate on Tuesday

Plans for an RV campground near Cave Spring and a solar farm on Alabama Highway will go before the Floyd County Commission on Tuesday. The board also is scheduled to set the millage rate for 2024.

Commissioners caucus at 4 p.m. and start their regular meeting at 6 p.m. in the County Administration Building, 12 E. Fourth Ave. A public hearing on the proposed property tax rate also is scheduled for 8 a.m. that day.

The Floyd County Board of Education has already set its levy at 17.141 mills.

The County Commission is advertising a property tax rate of 9.414 mills for the government budget. That’s an increase of 1.199 mills over the 2023 rate and a return to the 2022 levy. It means the tax on a home with a fair market value of $250,000 would rise approximately $128. For properties without homestead exemptions, the tax would go up about $103 on a fair market value of $200,000.

The board cannot adopt a rate higher than advertised but could opt for a lower rate, and has in the past. A final public hearing is scheduled for just before the vote.

Public hearings also are scheduled on several rezoning requests, including for a controversial recreational vehicle campground at 125 Davis Road near Cave Spring.

The board rejected the request in April but allowed developer Anthony Carver to resubmit the plan with adjustments. Nearby residents still voiced concerns about the size, potential crime and flood hazards and planning staff again recommended denial. The Rome Floyd Planning Commission rejected a motion to deny in a 3-4 vote, so it has a technical recommendation to approve from the citizen board.

The planning board also recommended approval of a rezoning to Suburban Residential and a special use permit for a solar farm on a 16-acre tract at 4859 Alabama Highway. Planning staff noted the permit would be “an underutilization of the publicly funded water and sewer available to the property,” especially when there is a need for housing.

Among the other items on the agenda is the award of a $1,047,145 contract to low-bidder Rehab Construction Co. for Brighton Water Treatment Plant improvements. Funding is through the federal American Rescue Plan Act.