Politics

Pay increase for law officers could force property tax increase

The high cost of housing in the county and a state pay raise of around 18 percent for law officers are factors in Sheriff Lowell Griffin’s request for an increase, also 18 percent, for deputies and corrections officers. [DYLAN SHEEHAN/Hendersonville Lightning]

By Bill Moss, Published: June 3, 2026

Henderson County commissioners and administrators have for years boasted about keeping the property tax rate level. Once the elected leaders set a rate in the first year after the quadrennial revaluation, it’s been their practice to lock in the rate until the next reassessment — no increase.