Now that budgets have been approved, local government entities are preparing for millage rate hearings.
The City of Grovetown will set its millage rate at the Grovetown City Council meeting on Monday, July 8 at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Grovetown City Hall. According to the five-year history of property taxes, the millage rate is rolling back to 7.3130 mills from 7.62 mills.
The Columbia County Board of Education is proposing a millage rate of 17.1 mills, which is a decrease from 17.2 mills in 2023, according to the five-year history. Hearings on the proposed millage rate will take place on July 9 at 8 a.m., July 9 at 5:30 p.m. and July 23 at 6 p.m. in the Board of Education office at 4781 Hereford Farm Road.
The Harlem City Council is proposing a millage rate of 9.35 mills, which is the same as the past five years, according to the five-year history. Hearings on the rate will be held on July 15 at 6 p.m., July 18 at 7 p.m. and July 22 at 7 p.m., with the millage scheduled to be set during the July 22 meeting. The hearings will take place in the municipal courtroom at the Public Safety Building at 110 West Milledgeville Road in Harlem.
The Columbia County Board of Commissioners is proposing a millage rate of 4.795 mills, which is a rollback from 4.8950 mills in 2023, according to the five-year history. Hearings will be held July 16 at 5:45 p.m., July 23 at 8:30 a.m. and Aug. 6 at 6 p.m. in the auditorium at the Evans Government Center complex.
Because the millage rates for Columbia County, Harlem and the Columbia County Board of Education are not rolling back all the way back to the full rollback rate or are keeping the millage rate the same, it must be advertised as a tax increase and three public hearings must be held, according to Georgia state law.
To view the five year digests for Columbia County, Grovetown, Harlem and the Columbia County Board of Education, visit columbiacountyga.gov.
As of presstime, the dates for millage rate hearings for the Augusta Commission and Richmond County Board of Education have not been posted.
