GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners is proposing to keep the millage rate in the county unchanged, but said revenue for the county would still rise.
The millage rate is what officials use to calculate property taxes in each county.
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According to Gwinnett County officials, the millage rate would stay unchanged at 6.950 and would not increase property taxes for residents.
However, due to how millage rates and what’s known as a rollback millage rate function, Gwinnett County says the millage rate they are considering would be higher than the rollback.
Georgia law requires rollback millage rates be calculated to produce the same total revenue on the tax digest.
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When that causes a difference between the millage rate, which Gwinnett County wants to keep at 6.950, and the rollback rate, they have to announce a property tax increase, according to officials.
This year’s proposal of retaining the 6.950 millage rate is 0.343 mills above the rollback rate, so the county is required to hold public meetings.
“Just like our residents, Gwinnett County Government is facing increasing costs of basic materials essential for County operations,” County Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson said in a statement. “Through these challenges, we remain committed to being good stewards of the tax dollars that fund our operations.”
Hendrickson said keeping the rate steady would help the county deliver its services to residents at the quality it says they expect and deserve.
Separately, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners will be considering millage rates for police, fire and emergency services, development and code enforcement, recreation and economic development funds.
Officials are soliciting public comment on those proposals as well.
Residents of Gwinnett County will be able to provide public comments online through Aug. 18 at 9 p.m.
The board will meet on Aug. 19 for full millage rate consideration.
Commissioners will hold public hearings in the auditorium of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center located at 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville on the following dates and times:
- Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 11 a.m.
- Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 6:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 11 a.m.
Editor’s note: This story has been clarified to better reflect the specifics and terminology for millage rates versus property taxes and the process of voting on them.
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