At a time when it seems the price of everything is going up, the Gordon County Board of Education is giving taxpayers a break in the form of a rollback.
During a special called meeting Tuesday, the board voted to set the 2005 millage rate to meet the 2006 budget at 16.584, which is down .226 mills from last year and almost a full mill over a five-year period.
“I was very pleased to be able to recommend that to the board,” Supt. Mike Stanton said. “This is a credit to the board’s leadership.”
Stanton explained that part of this budget is the result of the board’s foresight.
“When planning the new high school we adjusted the millage rate in anticipation of hiring the new staff,” he said. “But beyond that, all of our schools and departments were very aware of revenue shortfalls in the state of Georgia in the past few years.”
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Coweta County will have a hearing tonight on the first proposed millage increases in 12 years.
The rate for residents of unincorporated Coweta would increase from 3.91 to 5.15. The owner of a $200,000 home would pay about $99 more in county taxes.
Residents of the municipalities would see their millage increase from 5.12 to 6.31. That’s about a $95 tax increase on a $200,000 home, said county finance director Rick Smoot.
Taxes are going up because of increased demands for services from a growing population, said Tom Corker, the county’s administrative and operations director.
Tonight’s hearing begins at 6 in the County Commission meeting room, 37 Perry St. in Newnan. Another hearing will be 6 p.m. Tuesday.
[Source: AJC]
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With a barrage of short, to-the-point questions, a small group of Screven County taxpayers made it clear Aug. 18: They do not want to pay higher property taxes.
Meanwhile, commissioners attending the first of three public hearings on the proposed tax hike explained and defended the need for the increase.
Commissioners will occupy the hot seat twice today, Aug. 25, at public hearings set for 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. The board is scheduled to set Screven County’s total 2005 millage rate shortly after tonight’s public hearing
The hearings in the commission meeting room at the Screven County Courthouse are expected to bring more tough questions like last week’s irate taxpayers posed.
“How many of you have gotten a 30 percent raise this year?” property owner Rod Parrott said.
But commission chairman J.C. Warren said the increase the average taxpayer will see will be less than that.
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