Bulloch County Manager Tom Couch is recommending that the Board of Commissioners not roll back its millage rate and so is issuing a notice, to comply with the Georgia Taxpayer Bill of Rights, of a pending 1 percent property tax increase. In an interview and follow-up emails last week, Couch indicated that the county government will hold three required "tax increase" hearings, while he protests that the lack of a rollback does not amount to a tax increase in this case. "After consulting individually with each commissioner, I have received consent to perform public due diligence, by advertising to hold the three required hearings," Couch said in an email.