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The Champion, Thursday, June 11 - 17, 2015
EDUCATION
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Graduate
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that hard work now will
pay off down the road. The
thought of attending medical
school and having the op
portunity to have a positive
impact on the lives of other
people has been my biggest
motivator,” he said.
In 2013 Sharp spent 12
weeks in South Africa shad
owing in township clinics
and working on a research
project aimed at increasing
adherence to antiretroviral
therapy (ART) for people
living with HIV.
Sharp is currently in
South Africa to conduct a re
search project aimed to assist
people infected with HIV.
“The burden of HIV on
the people of South Africa
is hard to fully describe. In
some of the communities in
which I have worked, one
in three people are infected
with HIVT Sharp said.
He said, “While my
impact on the long-term
outcome of the project will
be minimal, my vision is to
provide access to ART for all
people living with HIV in a
way that is unobtrusive to
their daily lives and encour
ages long-term retention and
adherence to support a long,
full and happy life.”
Sharp said his immediate
plans after returning from
South Africa are to earn an
MD/MPH from Emory Uni
versity School of Medicine
and Rollins School of Public
Health.
His long-term goal is
to work in academic global
health as a medical epidemi
ologist.
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NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE
The Mayor and City Council of the City of Lithonia has tentatively
adopted a millage rate which will require an increase in property taxes
by 2.98%.
All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing on this tax
increase to be held at City Hall, 6920 Main Street on Tuesday, June
23, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. A third public hearing will be
held at City Hall, 6920 Main Street on Monday, July 6, 2015 at 6:30
p.m.
This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 17.000, an
increase of 0.492 mills. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage
rate will be no more than 16.508 mills.
This proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of
$36,000 is approximately $24.00. The proposed increase on non
homestead property with a fair market value of $70,000 is
approximately $48.00.
NOTICE
The Mayor and Lithonia City Council do hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be
held at the Lithonia City Hall, 6920 Main Street, Lithonia 30058 on Monday, July 6, 2015 at 7:00 PM and pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. Section
48-5-32 do hereby publish the following presentation of the current year's tax digest and levy, along with the history of the tax
digest and levy for the past five years.
CURRENT 2014 TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
COUNTY WIDE
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Real & Personal
$ 26,674,180
$ 20,765,829
$ 19,375,805
$ 17,690,700
$ 20,095,784
$ 22,214,312
Motor Vehicles
$ 1,582,040
$ 1,615,590
$ 1,690,000
$ 1,853,380
$ 1,554,440
$ 981,640
Mobile Homes
$ 176,149
$ 176,149
$ 117,094
$ 117,094
$ 93,990
$ 93,990
Timber - 100%
Heavy Duty Equipment
Gross Digest
$ 28,432,369
$ 22,557,568
$ 21,182,899
$ 19,661,174
$ 21,744,214
$ 23,289,942
Less M& O Exemptions
$ 565,746
$ 545,059
$ 562,008
$ 552,462
$ 526,915
$ 536,850
Net M & O Digest
$ 27,866,623
$ 22,012,509
$ 20,620,891
$ 19,108,712
$ 21,217,299
$ 22,753,092
State borest Land Assistance
Grant Value
Adjusted Net M&O Digest
$ 27,866,623
$ 22,012,509
$ 20,620,891
$ 19,108,712
$ 21,217,299
$ 22,753,092
Gross M&O Millage
13.178
15.205
16.552
17.869
17.869
17.000
Less Rollbacks
Net M&O Millage
13.178
15.205
16.552
17.869
17.869
17.000
Total County Taxes Levied
$367,226
$334,700
$341,317
$341,454
$ 379,132
$386,803
Net Taxes $ Increase
-$7,920
-$32,526
$6,617
$137
$ 37,678
$ 7,671
Net Taxes % Increase
-2.11%
-8.86%
1.98%
0.04%
9.94%
1.98%