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BOE millage rollback offsets county's lack of one
Inflation in assessed values drives property tax decisions
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The Bulloch County Board of Education last week voted to roll back its millage rate a fraction to offset inflation in property values and avoid having to announce a tax increase. But the school board's marginal rollback is being offset by the county commissioners' pending decision not to roll back their millage for the property tax that funds the county government. The commissioners scheduled two of their three required tax increase hearings for this Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. The commissioners did not actually increase their millage, keeping it at 12.34 mills, the same as in 2015 and 2016, but inflation in appraised values, along with gains from new construction, will give the county government 3.16 percent more property tax revenue than last year.
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