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Commission sets millage at rollback rate; county and schools to see lower tax rate
Summary
Columbia County commissioners introduced and advanced a resolution to set the county’s millage at the statutory rollback rate; county staff said doing so offsets property-value growth and should limit tax increases for most taxpayers.
Columbia County officials told the Board of Commissioners that the county will set its 2025 millage at the rollback rate, which county staff said should offset increases in assessed values for most taxpayers.
The change matters because, by law, a rollback-rate setting reduces the millage rate as property values rise so that overall tax bills do not automatically increase solely because of higher assessments.
Commissioner Malir moved to approve Resolution 25-19 on the millage and authorized the chairman to sign required forms, the record shows. A county staff member explained that the maintenance-and-operations (M&O) rollback rate is 4.36 mills and that the county-side total millage is 4.814 mills; the staff member said the school board had also rolled its rate back to 16.234 mills. “So our taxpayers should see a break as a result of that,” the staff member said.
A motion to approve Resolution 25-19 was seconded and the chair called for the vote; the transcript shows the commission proceeded after the vote call. The staff member answered follow-up questions clarifying that the rollback rate calculation is intended to offset increases in the digest so that taxpayers with modest or no value increases could see a net tax decrease.
The transcript records discussion and a vote sequence consistent with first consideration and approval of the rollback-rate resolution; no further millage hearings were required if the board adopts the rollback rate. The transcript does not include a roll-call tally.
