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Villarrica keeps millage at 5.588 after digest presentation and public comment
Summary
After a presentation on the 2025 tax digest and a public hearing, the Villarrica City Council voted unanimously Aug. 26 to maintain the millage rate at 5.588, with staff saying the move would bring additional revenue to cover debt and public safety needs.
At a called Aug. 26 meeting, the Villarrica City Council voted unanimously to adopt a millage rate of 5.588 following a presentation on the 2025 tax digest and a public hearing. The presentation was delivered by finance staff; the vote occurred after a brief public-comment period in which two residents pressed the council about Tax Allocation District (TAD) spending.
The presentation explained that Villarrica’s 2025 gross digest was $1.4 billion and that, after exemptions, the net digest was about $1.2 billion. Finance staff said gross digest rose 7.86% year over year while exemptions rose 93.21%, producing a net digest increase of 1.02%. The staff described digest growth as the sum of reassessment…
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