PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING A PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE
The Consolidated Government of Columbus, Georgia, today announces its intention
to increase the property taxes it will levy this year over the rollback millage
rate in the following taxing districts:
Urban Services District #1, #5, #6, #7 1.00 percent
Urban Services District #2 1.00 percent
Urban Services District #4 1.00 percent
When the total digest of taxable property is prepared, Georgia Law requires
that 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.
The budget tentatively adopted by the Columbus Consolidated Government requires
that a millage rate higher than the rollback millage rate, therefore, before
the Columbus Consolidated Government may finalize the tentative budget and set
a final millage rate, Georgia law requires three public hearings to be held to
allow the public an opportunity to express their opinions on the increase.
All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearings on this tax increase
to be held in the Council Chambers on the second level of the City Services
Center, 3111 Citizens Way, Columbus, Georgia 31906 on June 10, 2014 at 9:00
a.m. and 6:00 p.m., and June 17, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.
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