The Rhea County Commission will consider implementing a $50 wheel tax in order to balance next year's county budget after discussing the issue at a workshop session on Tuesday.

The commission is set to vote on the matter at its regular commission meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 18.

Though the commission has voted down a wheel tax in the past, some commissioners said their constituents favored a wheel tax over a property tax increase.

For further details, see the Sunday edition of The Herald-News.