subject in Habersham County
Taxes and fees
32 related issues are currently assembled for this area.
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Baldwin’s 2025 Millage-Rate Hearings Reach Fifth Session Without Recorded Outcomeawaiting decisionBaldwin taxpayers face a March deadline while 2025 rate approval remains undocumentedunder considerationBaldwin meeting record documents missed trash pickup, not a tax decisionunder considerationBaldwin Council Ratifies Banks County FLOST Agreement, but Terms Remain UnreleasedapprovedBaldwin Begins Tax-Rate Hearings Without a Documented Final Decisionunder considerationBaldwin Approves Banks County FLOST Pact, Setting $340,807 DistributionapprovedAlto’s Unspecified Draft Leaves Residents Waiting for a Public Meetingunder considerationAlto approves higher garbage, permit and busted-meter feesapproved
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Mayor Harkness opened the October 21 public hearing on the tentative 7.16-mill rate; the minutes say no comments were made.Historical recordOn October 20, 2025, the Board of Commissioners scheduled consideration of a resolution authorizing the tax commissioner to receive and collect prepaid property taxes by taxpayer agreement and ratify existing and subsequent agreements.Historical recordOct. 16 special-called-meeting agendas scheduled public hearings and consideration of draft 2025 rates of 11.990 mills in the Habersham County area and 7.720 mills in the Banks County area, described as increases of 37.64% and 42.30%, respectively. The agenda packet included a draft resolution; it does not document council adoption.Historical recordOctober 16, 2025 special-called-meeting agenda records listed “Public Hearing 4 of 5” and “Public Hearing 5 of 5” for the 2025 millage rate. They do not state a hearing result or final action.Historical recordA Town of Tallulah Falls agenda packet included notice that the council intended to adopt a 6.000-mill rate per $1,000 of assessed value for 2025, above the 5.855-mill rollback rate. The notice characterized the difference as a 2.48% tax increase and stated that required advertising, notice, and hearing procedures had been met.Historical recordBaldwin’s Oct. 7, 2025 work-session agenda scheduled Public Hearing 3 of 5 on the 2025 millage rate. The agenda does not state a hearing outcome or council action.Historical recordThe council agenda scheduled discussion and a vote on the 2026 budget and millage rate for Oct. 6, 2025; it does not establish the council's eventual action.Historical recordA September 29, 2025 special-called-meeting notice listed the 2025 millage-rate public hearing as “Public Hearing 2 of 4.” The notice does not state a hearing result or final action.Historical record
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