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Newspaper Page TextWednesday, July 25,2018 dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 5A school board to hold millage rate hearings County, By AllieDean adean@dawsonnews.com The Dawson County Board of Commissioners has announced three hear ing dates concerning the proposed millage rate for 2018. The board of commis sioners has proposed main taining the current millage rate at 8.138, which has remained consistent for at least the past 10 years. The millage rate is part of a formula used to calcu late property taxes, where one mill equals $1 for every $1,000 in assessed property value. The millage rate of 8.138 is equal to $8,138 for every $1,000 of assessed value. Maintaining the current millage rate will result in an increase in the taxes that could be collected by the county, because the values of property in the county have increased since last year. Tax assessment notices were mailed out June 4 and reflect the current market value as determined by the Dawson County Tax Assessors office. To calcu late how much taxes the county could collect on any property, take 40 percent of the current market value, which will create the assessed value, and multi ply that by the millage rate (0.008138). Each year the county must calculate a rollback millage rate, or a millage rate that if in place would allow the county to collect the same amount of reve nue from taxes as the previ ous year. That rate has been calculated at 7.393 mills, a 10.8 percent difference compared to the 8.138 mills. This does not however mean that taxes will increase by 10.8 percent. Because property values have increased, as well as new businesses and homes coming to the area, the total tax digest, or value of all the properties in the county, has increased. Leaving the millage rate the same as last year would therefore increase the amount of taxes the county can collect by about 12.8 percent, or $1.3 million, over 2017. That also does not mean that every homeowner will see an increase in property taxes, but if the commission does vote to maintain the current millage rate, many people will see an increase in their tax bill due to an increase in property values. The board of commis sioners has set hearing dates on the proposed mill- age rate for 6 p.m. Aug. 2,4 p.m. Aug. 9 and 6 p.m. Aug. 16. The meetings will be held in the commission er meeting room on the sec ond floor of the Dawson County Government Center. The county will also be holding open hearings with department heads for the 2019 budget year. The hearings will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 6-9 and Aug. 13-16 on the second floor of the Dawson County Government Center. This is the second year that the commission has held open budget hearings, a policy adopted by Chairman Billy Thurmond when he took office in January 2017. Thurmond said the reason for the change was to have a more transparent process for allo cating funds to various departments. School board millage The board of education, which operates separately from the county, also has its own millage rate. The board of education has held the millage rate steady at 15.788 for the past two years after decreasing the rate from 16.496 in 2016. The proposed millage rate is a difference of 10.7 percent over the rollback millage rate. Calculating the amount of taxes the school board could collect is the same as calculating county taxes, just with a different millage rate. Take 40 percent of the current market value, which will create the assessed value, and multiply that by the millage rate (0.0015788). Adding both the county and school board taxes together will show how much a property owner would need to pay in taxes for the year in Dawson County. Because there are differ ent exemptions for both the county and school taxes, the increase in the tax digest will be different for both. Leaving the millage rate the same as last year, as proposed, would increase the amount of taxes the school board can collect by about 12.69 percent, or $1.4 million, over 2017. In June the board approved the 2019 fiscal year budget, with a general fund set at $47.8 million. This year’s budget is an increase of $2.3 million from the fiscal year 2018 budget. The board of education has set hearing dates for 4:30 p.m. Aug. 7, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 13 and 6 p.m. Aug. 20 at the board of education meeting room, at 28 Main Street. The Dawson County Board of in the Commissioners Meeting Dawsonville, Georgia during a O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-32. the with the history of the tax diges CURRENT Commissioners will Room in the Dawso regularly scheduled Dawson County Bo, t and levy for the pa '2018 TAX [ NOTICE je setting the millage n County Courthous meeting on August ird of Commissioner st five (5) years (ad 5IGEST AND E rate for 2018 for D e/Administration Bui 16. 2018 that begins s hereby publishes t publish 07/25/18, 0 5 YEAR HIS awson County’s purp ding located at 25 J at 6:00 p.m. and pu he current year's tax 3/01/18 & 08/08/18) TORY OF LE oses during a meeti ustice Way. rsuant to the require digest and levy, alo .VY ng ments of 19 INCORPORATED 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Real & Personal 72.497,801 79.404.687 83,214.836 91,187.440 102.426,129 122.042.206 Motor Vehicles 207,450 169.780 2,938 66.180 54,600 49.200 Mobile Homes 2,410 1.340 1,340 Timber -100% Heavy Duty Equipment Gross Digest 72.707.661 79.575.807 83,219.114 91,253.620 102.480.729 122.091.406 Less M& O Exemptions 8,859.483 9.629,715 10.462.211 12.671.621 13.990,679 17,519.295 Net M & O Digest 63,848,178 69.946.092 72,756.903 78.581.999 88.490.050 104.572,111 State Forest Land Assistance Grant Value Adjusted Net M&O Digest 63,848,178 69,946,092 72,756,903 78,581,999 88,490,050 104,572,111 Gross M&O Millage 13.618 13194 13009 12 896 14425 14 599 Less Rollbacks 5 480 5056 4871 4 758 6 287 6 461 Net M&O Millage 8.138 8138 8138 8138 8138 8138 Net Taxes Levied $519,596 $569,221 $592,096 $639,500 $720,132 $851,008 UNINCORPORATED 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 Real & Personal 1,056.707.249 1.155.744.349 1,250.703,031 1.315.990.411 1.394.032.646 1,572,997.915 Motor Vehicles 72.598.180 61.251.430 46.193.350 35.695.240 28.320.790 22.736.970 Mobile Homes 940,069 892,818 889,289 955,649 952,109 1.493.910 Timber -100% 385.486 146.332 5.272 88.593 96.561 190.449 Heavy Duty Equipment 0 0 0 0 0 Gross Digest 1.130.630.984 1.218.034.929 1.297.790.942 1.352,729.893 1.423.402.106 1.597.419.244 Less M& O Exemptions 169,116,969 176,050.212 186.124.433 193,872,574 201.405.457 222,450.006 Net M & O Digest $961,514,015 $1,041,984,717 $1,111,666,509 $1,158,857,319 $1,221,996,649 $1,374,969,238 State Forest Land Assistance Grant Value 1,156,348 1,262,801 1,285,254 1,302,253 1,316,604 895,860 Adjusted Net M&O Digest 962,670,363 1,043,247,518 1,112,951,763 1,160,159,572 1,223,313,253 1,375,865.098 Gross M&O Millage 13.618 13.194 13009 12 896 14425 14 599 Less Rollbacks 5480 5 056 4871 4 758 6 287 6 461 Net M&O Millage 8.138 8138 8 138 8.138 8 138 8.138 Net Taxes Levied $7,834,211 $8,489,948 $9,057,201 $9,441,379 $9,955,323 $11,196,790 TOTAL COUNTY 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 Total County Value 1,026.518.541 1,113.193.610 1,185.708,666 1.238.741.571 1.311.803.303 1 480.437.209 Total County Taxes Levied $8,353,808 $9,059,170 $9,649,297 $10,080,879 $10,675,455 $12,047,798 Net Taxes $ Increase •$533,372 $705,362 $590,128 $431,582 $594,576 $1,372,343 Net Taxes % Increase -6 00% 8 44% 6.51% 4.47% 5.90% 12.86% SINCE 1928 TM WE ARE NORTH GEORGIA! 151 Fern Park Drive - Dawsonville Sought after Ranch with finished terrace level nestled on 1.55 ac of privacy. 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