Grovetown City Council approved rolling back the millage rate for 2024 during its monthly meeting on Monday evening.
No one in attendance opposed Mayor Pro Tem Eric Blair’s motion to adopt the new rate, from 7.62 mills to 7.313 mills, and council members voted unanimously in favor. Finance Director Bradley Smith noted that the roll back will be compatible with the city’s budget for fiscal year 2024-2025.
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“Each and every year we do we do budget conservatively. It’s something that I do take pride in as a finance director here,” said Smith to the council members, noting that the rollback will “allow us to roughly collect the same amount of funds that we collected this year.”
The council also approved the first reading of amendments to the 2023-2024 annual balanced budget, which Smith observed included some $122,000 in expense adjustments, an amount which, he also noted, would be offset by other expense savings.
As part of its monthly recognition of local Vietnam War veterans, the city council honored retired Army Spc. E4 Matthew Hammonds, who served in both the Army Reserve and the National Guard, alongside his active duty in Vietnam.
More information on Monday’s meeting will be available in Wednesday’s edition.
Skyler Q. Andrews is a staff reporter for The Augusta Press. Reach him at skyler@theaugustapress.com.
