The Fayette County Commissioners Court approved a proposed property tax rate for the 2023 budget at $0.44219 per $100 valuation, a decrease from the current rate of $0.4640.
Any amount above $0.44219, known as the “voter approval tax rate,” would require an election. The proposed rate came in lower than this year’s because of an increase in the county’s property values along with a 3.5-percent cap …