Franklin county moving forward on gas tax increase

            Franklin County commissioners have taken the next step to increase the county’s gas tax by a penny a gallon.

Last week the board approved a resolution of intent to increase the gas tax.

The resolution is required before the board can hold public hearings on the issue and had to be approved before June the 10^th if the county wanted to adopt the gas tax increase to take effect next year.

Franklin County is the only county in Florida that does not impose a minimum of 6 cents local gas tax and that is impacting how much state money the county can get to pave local roads.

Levying an additional penny in the gas tax will only raise about 50 thousand dollars a year, which isn’t that much, but it makes the county eligible for more state road paving funds.

County attorney Michael Shuler said the county commission should hold a public hearing on the gas tax increase this year, so if the increase is approved it can take effect on January the 1^st. 

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