Commissioners will set millage rate Thursday

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DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. — The Board of Commissioners is expected keep the current millage rate of 8.089 when it holds the third public hearing on the issue Monday at 4 p.m. in the Dawson County Courthouse/Administration Building at 25 Justice Way.

Unfortunately, that decision will result in a 5.3 percent increase in property taxes for county residents in 2021.

Georgia law requires that counties reassess property values within the county annually. When the total digest of taxable property is prepared, the law requires that a rollback millage rate be computed that will produce the same total revenue on the current year’s digest as that of the previous year. A rollback millage rate of 7.682 mils would have produced the same revenue.

But county officials say the FY 2021 budget tentatively adopted by commissioners requires a millage rate higher than the rollback millage rate to be able to maintain the current level of  services.  The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $300,000 is approximately $48.84 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $250,000 is approximately $40.70.

Voting session

During the voting session commissioners are expected to vote on a request by Paul Behrmann to rezone 5 acres on Hwy. 53 Commercial Community Business (CCB) to Residential Sub-Rural (RSR) a request by Derek Perry to rezone 7.48 acres at Big Savannah Road from Residential Sub-Rural (RSR) to Residential Agriculture (RA) and a request by Ronald Jones to rezone 2 acres at 1710 Howser Mill Road from Residential Agriculture (RA) to Residential Sub-Rural (RSR).

Items to be voted on under New Business include consideration of:

  • Information Technology Exemption Request for Ambulance Transport Billing Software and Electronic Patient Care Reporting Software;
  • Naming the New Pavilion at Veterans Memorial Park;
  • Moving forward with a Public Hearing for 9-1-1 Ordinance Update

Work Session

In addition to the millage rate public hearing, other items to be considered during the work session include:

  • A presentation of a Continuation Application for Victims of Crime Act Grant for FY 2021 by District Attorney Lee Darragh;
  • A presentation of FY 2021 Department of Human Services / Deanna Specialty Transportation Contract and Memorandum of Understanding;
  • A presentation of Annual Capital Improvements Element Update.

 

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