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County dials back tax hike by 1/2 mill; its hearing dates not definite

Meanwhile, school system to increase its rate, and sets its tax hearings for Aug. 10 and 17

Margaret “Beth” Wolfe, who sold a home on Wilmington Island in Chatham County and moved to Statesboro in 2021 “thinking the cost of living would be less” tells the Bulloch County commissioners things were going well until she got her property tax bill. “These taxes are about as high or higher than what I paid in Savannah,” she said during the July 18, 2023, meeting. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

County — Margaret “Beth” Wolfe, who sold a home on Wilmington Island in Chatham County and moved to Statesboro in 2021 “thinking the cost of living would be less” tells the Bulloch County commissioners things were going well until she got her property tax bill. “These taxes are about as high or higher than what I paid in Savannah,” she said during the July 18, 2023, meeting. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

Bulloch County officials have dialed back a proposed increase in the Board of Commissioners’ portion of the property rate by a half mill, to a 1.5-mill increase.

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