The finance committee resubmitted the Franklin County 2019-20 budget and continues to recommend a 20.5 cent property tax increase. The Herald Chronicle reports that the county commission failed to pass the budget back on July 29th because of concerns that school system employees would not get pay increases while other county personnel would. The budget will go back to the commission in a special called 7 p.m. meeting on Aug. 19 at the courthouse in Franklin County.
