Hamilton County Hospital District board of directors last Friday adopted a 2020 tax rate after no one appeared to speak at a public hearing.
The tax rate will be $0.1694, which is lower than last year’s rate of $0.1700, a 0.06 percent increase that will increase the tax levy by 5.04 percent because of increased property values in the district.
In 2019, the average homestead taxable value in the dist…