The bonds would pay for a new county jail and be repaid through a property tax levied on all taxable property in the county.
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- August 17, 2026: Annual tax levy on taxable property to pay principal and interest on Series 2026 GO Bonds
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The November 2025 referendum continues the county's 1% sales tax for six years and clears the way for bonds to build a new county jail…
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- August 17, 2026: Voter approval of Sales and Use Tax and GO Bond issuance in November 2025 election
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- No next step has been documented.
After voters approved SPLOST VIII and $52 million in jail bonds last November, Habersham County commissioners have called a separate November 2026 special election…
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- July 20, 2026: Intergovernmental agreement between Habersham County and Alto, Baldwin, Clarkesville, Cornelia, Demorest, Mt. Airy and Tallulah Falls to impose the Floating Homestead Local Option Sales Tax (FLOST/PTRLOST)
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- A special election on the new 1% FLOST sales tax is set for November 3, 2026.
County commissioners approved a FY2025 budget that aimed to hold the tax rate flat, but a year-end review later showed spending ran nearly $2 million over the original…
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- June 29, 2026: 2024 millage rate setting meeting and 5-Year History of Levy notice
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The county is weighing a deal to sell $50,200,000 in general obligation bonds, debt that would ultimately be repaid by taxpayers.
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- August 17, 2026: Bond Purchase Agreement with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated for the Series 2026 GO Bonds
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- Closing of the bond sale is set for 10:00 a.m. Eastern on August 27, 2026, unless the county and underwriter agree to another date.
The county board is set to consider a resolution authorizing a tax, if needed, to repay a $15 million school district bond.
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- October 19, 2026: School District Bond Tax Levy Resolution for $15,000,000 General Obligation Sales Tax Bond, Series 2026
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- The resolution is scheduled for consideration at the Board of Commissioners' October 19, 2026 meeting.
The county, which already lets Cornelia use its shared radio system, is weighing similar access and maintenance deals with Alto, Baldwin, Demorest…
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- October 19, 2026: Intergovernmental Agreement with Alto, Baldwin, Demorest, Mt. Airy, and Tallulah Falls for county radio system use and maintenance
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- Habersham County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to consider/approve the IGA with Alto, Baldwin, Demorest, Mount Airy and Tallulah Falls at its October 19, 2026 meeting.
A property tax refund request for a parcel owned by Tony and Julia Souther is on the county tax assessors' agenda.
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- August 11, 2026: Refund request: Souther, Tony & Julia
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- No next step has been documented.
The county's tax assessors board has put a property tax refund request from Emerson D. Brooking on its agenda.
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- August 11, 2026: Refund request: Brooking, Emerson D
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- No next step has been documented.
The county's 2026 property tax digest, which sets the base for tax bills, saw growth reported through the spring and hundreds of appeals filed by July.
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- July 28, 2026: Status update from Chief Appraiser on 2026 digest and appeals
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- No next step has been documented.
A property tax refund request tied to a Habersham County parcel owned by Michael Dumas appeared on the Board of Tax Assessors' agenda…
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- July 28, 2026: Tax refund request from Michael Dumas, parcel 108-0014
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- No next step has been documented.
With the jail population outgrowing capacity, the county is looking at bond financing for a new jail after voters rejected a bond referendum for it.
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- August 17, 2026: Construction Fund created to hold bond proceeds for Jail construction costs
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- No next step has been documented.