Property tax rates will rise in three neighboring counties and in two county seats for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, reflective of school district requests and employee pay raises resisted in Vicksburg and Warren County’s budgets adopted last week.

Claiborne County approved a 3-mill increase Tuesday to fulfill a request from Claiborne County schools for maintenance money on its infrastructure countywide. In the county just south of Vicksburg, it’s the third consecutive tax rate increase by supervisors to satisfy state law allowing school districts to request up to 4 percent more support from boards of supervisors. The Port Gibson Board of Mayor and Aldermen raised rates inside the city by 2 mills, its second straight increase.

In Sharkey County, rates will go up 3.96 mills, the county’s second rate hike in three years. About 65 percent of the hike comes from the South Delta School District’s request for funds to retire debts on infrastructure improvements.

Today is the state-set deadline for local governments to adopt budgets for the fiscal year that begins in two weeks.

In Sharkey, however, a hearing is set at the courthouse for 3:30 p.m. Monday for supervisors to hear public input.

In Rolling Fork, a 4 mill increase — the third hike in as many years — will round out an 8 mill increase for properties inside the city limits. Rates in Issaquena County are set to go up 2.46 mills, to fund pay increases for all county workers.

Vicksburg and Warren County kept property tax rates level despite scant growth in overall land values. Inside the city, most new spending in a $31.3 million spending plan is tilted toward administration and the police department. Warren County’s $14.8 million spending plan came out balanced between revenue and expenditures, eschewing raises except for promotions. A slight loss of $188,140.56 in real property tax revenues has been factored in, related to Riverwalk Casino’s lawsuit against the county in protest of last year’s taxes.

Warren’s 122.61 mills countywide will translate into tax bills of $926.10 for the first $100,000 assessed on property inside the city, including homestead exemption, Tax Assessor Richard Holland said. Identically assessed property outside the city should see bills of $569.80, including homestead exemption, Holland said. Actual amounts are higher for both when taxing districts are factored in, such as the Main Street taxing district inside the city and fire protection districts outside the city.

Both local governments avoided furloughing workers during the 2010 financial year and don’t plan on asking employees to take time off in fiscal 2011. Conversely, Hinds County did not raise tax rates but has figured eight unpaid days off and 23 unfilled positions eliminated when its $119 million budget was OK’d last week. All but one of the job cuts came in the sheriff’s department. In Jackson, city council members on Tuesday signed off on a $313.6 million budget without a millage rate increase.