The Board of County Commissioners indicated on Tuesday that they will create an advisory committee to educate the public regarding local tax option referendums that will be put on the May 2008 ballot.

In this year’s state budget, the Legislature gave counties the option of a 0.4 percent land transfer tax or a quarter-cent sales tax increase to help compensate for money taken away from counties in a deal to turn responsibility for paying for Medicaid over to the state.

The county has not yet decided whether to put the land transfer tax, the sales tax or both on the ballot in May. The board will appoint the advisory committee, which will provide the public with information regarding the tax options, in November.