Habersham’s 2026 Tax-Levy Decision Remains Unclear After Scheduled Hearing

Habersham County commissioners were scheduled to take up the county’s 2026 property-tax levy at a June 29 special-called meeting in Clarkesville, following a public hearing on the millage rate. The agenda placed Resolution No. 2026-06-004 before the board to adopt the levy and authorize required PT-35 forms and related documents. But the agenda itself does not show whether commissioners approved the resolution, changed it, postponed it or rejected it.

That unanswered question matters countywide because the levy is the mechanism for Habersham’s 2026 property-tax action. Homeowners, businesses and other taxpayers were given a chance to address commissioners before the proposed decision, yet residents cannot determine from the record described here what final levy action the board completed or whether the state paperwork was authorized.

The county set the matter for 6 p.m. June 29 in the Jury Assembly Room at the Habersham County Courthouse, 295 Llewellyn St. The meeting paired a hearing on the property-tax millage rate with planned consideration of the levy resolution; Habersham News reported before the meeting that commissioners were expected to act after the hearing. That reporting and the agenda establish the planned sequence, not a completed vote.

County commissioners were the decision-makers scheduled to consider Resolution No. 2026-06-004. Residents were invited to speak during the public hearing and, according to Habersham News, were allotted three minutes in the order they came forward. The materials do not identify speakers, describe public comment, or document any commissioner’s position on the proposed levy.

What is confirmed is procedural: a public hearing was scheduled and the proposed resolution called for adoption of the 2026 tax levy and execution of PT-35 forms and other required documents. What remains unconfirmed is substantive: no minutes, roll call, signed resolution or other post-meeting official record included here states a final millage rate, a levy outcome, or whether the proposal passed as written. An agenda is not an adopted resolution.

The concrete next public step is release or location of the Board of Commissioners’ minutes, vote record or adopted resolution from the June 29 proceeding. Those documents would answer whether Resolution No. 2026-06-004 passed, was amended, delayed or failed, and whether the related state forms were authorized. Until then, Habersham’s final 2026 tax-levy action remains unsettled in this public account.