Politics & Government
Public Hearings Set On Tax Increases For Oconee County Government and Schools
The Board of Commissioners has called a meeting for Thursday to adopt the millage rates, almost certainly regardless of what citizens say.
Oconee County citizens will have a series of opportunities this week to express their views on what amounts to tax increases both for county government and for the county’s schools.
While the Board of Commissioners has held the tax rate constant from last year, the increase in property value translates to tax increases of 3.45 percent for the unincorporated parts of the county and 2.95 percent for the incorporated parts of the county.
The Board of Education dropped the tax or millage rate for this year, but the increased property value still results in an increase in property taxes of 0.47 percent.
The Board of Commissioners and the Board of Education adopted fiscal year budgets, which began on July 1 of this year, based on the proposed tax rates, and the Board of Commissioners has called a meeting for Thursday to adopt the millage rates, almost certainly regardless of what citizens say in the public hearings.
The opportunities for public comment are dictated by state law.
For more on the story, go to Oconee County Observations.