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Council unsure how to
handle ‘extra’ tax money
BY MELISSA WEINMAN AND JOE EARLE
Dunwoody city officials may collect
more tax revenue than expected and
they’re not sure what do to about it.
The value of all taxable property in
Dunwoody is rising this year.
If the city continues the 2.74-mill
tax rate it has levied since the city’s start,
the city will collect about $211,000
more in taxes in 2013 than 2012, the
city said.
At a public hearing June 12, mem
bers of Dunwoody City Council were
divided on how to handle the extra
money.
Councilman Doug Thompson pro
posed a tax cut to 2.68 mills.
“I think it’s time we started thinking
about lowering the millage,” Thomp
son said.
But Councilman Denis Shortal ar
gued the city had many paving and
sidewalk projects that needed the mon
ey- <t
“We’ve got so many capital require
ments,” Shortal said. “I think the pru
dent thing to do is stick right where we
are and fix the things we’ve got.”
And Councilwoman Lynn Deutsch
counseled caution, saying she expected
many Dunwoody
homeown
ers would ap
peal their higher
tax assessments,
which could re
sult in a decline
in tax revenue.
“Given this
is the first time
we’ve had an in
crease, it may not
stick,” Deutsch
said.
The council
has no experience
handling a tax
windfall created
by a rise in assess
ments.
City Finance
Director Chris
Pike said Dun-
woody’s tax di
gest — the to
tal value of
taxable property
in the city — has
dropped in previ
ous years.
In 2013, the gross digest rises to
$2.73 billion, up from $2.70 billion in
2012, according to a notice of property
tax increase published by the city. But
Rising values
In 2013, Dunwoody
is seeing an increase
in the total value
of taxable property
within its borders,
compared to last year.
Here’s how the city’s gross
tax values have changed
over the past five years:
2009: $3.02 billion
2010: $3.07 billion
2011: $2.84 billion
2012: $2.70 billion
2013: $2.73 billion
Source: city of Dunwoody
the gross digest has declined from $3
billion in 2009, the
city said in its no
tice.
The city has held
its tax rate at 2.74
mills since 2009.
Taxes are deter
mined by multi
plying the millage
times the assessed
value of a property.
If the council
holds the tax rate for
2013 at 2.74 mills,
the city receives a
total of about $5.9
million in revenue,
up about $211,000
over 2012, the city
reported.
The city held its
first public hear
ing on the proposed
tax rate on June 12.
Additional hear
ings are set for June
25 at 6 p.m. and 7
p.m. The hearings
will be held at Dun
woody City Hall, 41 Perimeter Center
East.
Dunwoody City Council is sched
uled to vote on the final 2013 tax rate
on June 25.
“I think it’s time we
started thinking about
lowering the millage.”
- DOUG THOMPSON
COUNCILMAN
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