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City commissioners placed the annual millage-rate decision on their Aug. 31 agenda, but the posted materials did not disclose a proposed rate or record final action.
An Aug. 14 commission agenda listed a proposed rate of 9.956, equal to the stated rollback rate; no later official record in this matter establishes a vote or adopted rate.
City agendas show a second hearing in September and a fifth in October, but do not show whether officials adopted or changed the tax rate.
Commissioners have approved a countywide agreement for a five-year 1% FLOST, but its promised millage relief depends first on the referendum and then on final calculations.
The agreement calls for a $50,000 credit on AutoZone’s 2026 tax bill after the company paid additional 2025 property taxes tied to a Freeport-exemption dispute.
Commissioners’ unanimous Aug. 20 action establishes the county rate for general purposes, while leaving parcel-by-parcel tax effects and the reason for the slight change unexplained.
The 4-0 decision pairs the city’s spending plan with a 6.593 rollback millage rate, but the published minutes leave key line-item details unresolved.
Commissioners were scheduled to hear final public comment June 29 on a proposed county budget, tax levy and fee schedule after staff spent months reviewing departmental and capital requests.
The first of three hearings gave residents a formal opening to weigh in on the city’s 2025 property-tax rate, but the meeting record does not identify the rate under consideration or a council vote.
The unanimous Oct. 30 vote replaced a tentative 7.16-mill rate that city notices said would have raised property taxes 8.60%.
A January report lists different city millage rates for Habersham and Banks county properties, but the cited city minutes show only the first of three planned hearings.
The unanimous Nov. 10 vote established separate city millage rates for Royston properties in Madison, Hart and Franklin counties, while the timing and household-level effect remain unrecorded.
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