{"id":20451,"date":"2018-08-27T08:09:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T12:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=20451"},"modified":"2018-08-27T08:09:43","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T12:09:43","slug":"lowndes-county-rolled-back-millage-lcc-2018-08-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/lowndes-county-rolled-back-millage-lcc-2018-08-17.html","title":{"rendered":"Lowndes County rolled back millage @ LCC 2018-08-17"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nAs Lowndes County Finance Director Stephanie Black always reminds everybody,\r\n\r\nof\r\nthe total 8.814 county millage<\/a>, 1 mil goes to the Development Authority,\r\nand 1.25 mils to Valdosta-Lowndes Parks and Recreational Authority.\r\nHere is a table from the\r\n\r\nPDF of her presentation slides<\/a>.\r\n

\r\n\r\n
\r\nProperty Tax Example\r\n<\/caption>\r\n
<\/th>City of Valdosta Resident<\/th>Unincorporated Resident<\/th><\/tr>\r\n
Property Value<\/td>$200,000<\/td>$200,000\r\n
Assessed Value (40%)<\/td>$80,000<\/td>$80,000\r\n
Homestead Exemption<\/td>$(6,000)<\/td>$(6,000)\r\n
Net Taxable Base<\/td>$74,000<\/td>$74,000\r\n
Tax Calculation:\r\n
Lowndes County — 8.814 PY 8.974<\/span><\/td>$652<\/td>$652\r\n
Development Authority — 1.00<\/td>$74<\/td>$74\r\n
Parks\r\n
& Recreation Authority — 1.25<\/td>$93<\/td>$93\r\n
Lowndes County Schools — 16.541 PY 16.839<\/span><\/td>$1,224\r\n
City of Valdosta — 8.001 PY 8.001<\/span><\/td>$592\r\n
Valdosta City Schools — 16.980 PY 16.980<\/span><\/td>$1,257\r\n
Total Estimated Taxes<\/td>$2,668<\/td>$2,043\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nSince she made that table, Valdosta actually lowered its millage to 7.916<\/a>, which in the above example would mean $50.32 less per year, for an example of how little difference\r\nthese minor millage rollbacks or increases actually mean to taxpayers.\r\nThe\r\n\r\nValdosta Board of Education<\/a> wants to increase its tax rate (but not its millage).\r\n

\r\nLast year the Lowndes County Commission voted on the millage during a Regular Session,\r\n\r\nTuesday, August 22, 2017<\/a>.\r\n

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThis year \r\n\r\nthe county had a special meeting to vote on millage.\r\nPress release\r\non the county’s website, 17 August 2018,\r\n\r\nLowndes County rolls back millage rate<\/a>\r\n

\r\n

\r\nLowndes County, Georgia— At 9:00 a.m. this morning, the\r\nLowndes County Board of Commissioners met to set the 2018 millage\r\nrate. As promised during the preparation of the FY 2018-2019 budget,\r\nthe Commission decreased the millage by approving a rate of 8.814\r\nmills. The 2017 millage rate for Lowndes County was previously set\r\nat 8.974 mills.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nAccording to Lowndes County Finance Director, Stephanie Black,\r\n“A millage is the tax levied by a county for county purposes\r\nat a tax rate per $1,000.00 of assessed property value. Each year,\r\nthe rate is determined by dividing the budgeted tax revenues by the\r\ntotal digest and subtracting any rollbacks.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n“Lowndes County remains focused on fiscal responsibility. The\r\nCommission is committed to providing quality services for what they\r\nshould cost, not what they could cost. This year’s rollback is a\r\nresult of careful planning and the conservative approach taken by\r\nthose supported by the county’s budget,” stated Lowndes County\r\nCommission Chairman Bill Slaughter.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nFor more information, please contact Lowndes County Public\r\nInformation Officer, Paige Dukes, 229-671-2400 or\r\npdukes@lowndescounty.com. END\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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