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City abandons millage rate hike
But will still hold tax increase hearings for lack of rollback
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Statesboro City Manager Charles Penny
Statesboro’s city government, with property tax increase hearings on Aug. 30 and Sept. 6 approaching, is no longer pursuing an increase in its millage rate. But it must hold the hearings anyway, since the city is still not proposing a rollback to offset inflation, averaging about 6.4%, in assessed property values.
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