After initially showing the mayor and council a proposed budget that included no increase in the property tax rate or fees, Statesboro City Manager Charles Penny has suggested a 20.5% increase in the millage rate, adding 1.5 mills to the city’s current rate of 7.308 mills.
Boro’s city budget now proposed with 20.5% millage rate increase
Officials did not dispute previous ‘won’t raise tax rates’ headline, but Penny was already suggesting increase
