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GWINNETT COUNTY, GA–The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (BOC) is considering keeping the general fund millage rate for the same as 2022, at 6.95 mills, and will hold three public hearings for residents to comment.
The public hearings will be held in the auditorium of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center,75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville: · Thursday, June 29, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. · Tuesday, July 18, 11 a.m.
When the total digest of taxable property is prepared, Georgia law requires a rollback millage rate must be computed that will produce the same total revenue on the current year’s digest that last year’s millage rate would have produced had no reassessments occurred.
For 2023, Gwinnett County’s rollback millage rate is calculated at 6.558 mills. The 2023 millage rate that the Board of Commissioners is considering is 6.950, or 0.392 mills above the rollback millage rate.
Therefore, state law requires commissioners to announce a property tax increase. Required notices for the millage rate adoption will be published in the Gwinnett Daily Post, the county’s legal organ, Wednesday, June 21.
The Board of Commissioners adopted the 2023 budget assuming the current millage rate, not the calculated rollback rate. The revenue raised from 2023 property taxes will fund essential County services and needs that are approved by the board.
“My colleagues and I are using forethought in proposing to hold steady the millage rate,” said Gwinnett County Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson. “The tax revenue generated will allow us to continue delivering the Gwinnett Standard of services residents expect while helping us maintain Gwinnett’s roads, transit systems, senior services, libraries and other quality of life programs for a growing population.”
Commissioners will also consider millage rates for the County’s police, fire and emergency services, development and code enforcement, recreation, and economic development funds.
In addition to holding public hearings, commissioners are accepting online comments about the proposed 2023 millage rates. Residents can visit GwinnettCounty.com to access the comment form and provide feedback.
The online comment period closes July 17 at 9 p.m. Millage rates will be adopted during the Board of Commissioners regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, July 18, at 2 p.m.
The public hearings will be held in the auditorium of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center,75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville: · Thursday, June 29, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. · Tuesday, July 18, 11 a.m.
When the total digest of taxable property is prepared, Georgia law requires a rollback millage rate must be computed that will produce the same total revenue on the current year’s digest that last year’s millage rate would have produced had no reassessments occurred.
For 2023, Gwinnett County’s rollback millage rate is calculated at 6.558 mills. The 2023 millage rate that the Board of Commissioners is considering is 6.950, or 0.392 mills above the rollback millage rate.
Therefore, state law requires commissioners to announce a property tax increase. Required notices for the millage rate adoption will be published in the Gwinnett Daily Post, the county’s legal organ, Wednesday, June 21.
The Board of Commissioners adopted the 2023 budget assuming the current millage rate, not the calculated rollback rate. The revenue raised from 2023 property taxes will fund essential County services and needs that are approved by the board.
“My colleagues and I are using forethought in proposing to hold steady the millage rate,” said Gwinnett County Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson. “The tax revenue generated will allow us to continue delivering the Gwinnett Standard of services residents expect while helping us maintain Gwinnett’s roads, transit systems, senior services, libraries and other quality of life programs for a growing population.”
Commissioners will also consider millage rates for the County’s police, fire and emergency services, development and code enforcement, recreation, and economic development funds.
In addition to holding public hearings, commissioners are accepting online comments about the proposed 2023 millage rates. Residents can visit GwinnettCounty.com to access the comment form and provide feedback.
The online comment period closes July 17 at 9 p.m. Millage rates will be adopted during the Board of Commissioners regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, July 18, at 2 p.m.