Millage rates will change
The Pike County board of education plans to increase the maintenance and operations millage rate to make up for a drop in the total value of Pike’s property tax digest, fund needed maintenance projects and restore instructional days to the student calendar.
The net tax increase is advertised at 4.51% from last year, with a $297,725.42 net tax increase. The net millage rate is advertised at 14.274. Before the board can set a final millage rate, Georgia law requires three public hearings be held to allow the public an opportunity to express their opinions on this increase. They will be held at the board room in Zebulon Thursdays, Aug. 11 at 11:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Aug. 18 at 6 p.m.
County commissioners intend to decrease property taxes levied this year, cutting $234,089 from last year’s budget. The board of commission’s net tax decrease is advertised at negative 3.76%, but county manager Bill Sawyer said in a recent meeting it could be even lower after the tax assessor’s office deals with around 700 property assessment appeals.
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County commissioners intend to decrease property taxes levied this year, cutting $234,089 from last year’s budget. The board of commission’s net tax decrease is advertised at negative 3.76%, but county manager Bill Sawyer said in a recent meeting it could be even lower after the tax assessor’s office deals with around 700 property assessment appeals.
For the whole story, read the Aug. 3 print/e-edition of the Pike County Journal Reporter.
To subscribe, click here.
I want someone to Investigate how much money the schools are spending on there power bills during these 95+ degree days, and water for the children on the buses? versus how many days they give the faculty during the spring, fall, and winter, on there little mini-vacations. Seems to me there has to be a sustancial savings That could be made just by letting them go back later in the year.
We have to figure out something else besides raising the taxes. They are already starting to put there homework on the class website, so that now we are having to provide the ink, and paper, to print off there assignments.
If you are not buying books,and having the household do approx. half of the printing. and the staffs salorys have not increased that much. How can you justify a increase?
IN GOD WE TRUST