Tax

During a commission work session Tuesday, County Manager Bob Cowell said that the county expects to collect an extra $1.6 million. He said some of the money will go to funding county employee salary increases and police pensions. Manager Cowell said the remainder should go back into the county’s fund balance, or reserves.

Georgia’s net tax collection for January totaled nearly $3 billion.

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Republican Gov. Nathan Deal has upped his estimate of how much tax money Georgia will take in next year and directed lawmakers to close the funding gap in…