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Atlanta staff proposes slight cut to total millage; residents urge more funding for pedestrian safety and services
Summary
City finance officials presented a proposed FY2026 total millage rate that would fall from 11.40 to 11.37 mills while reallocating bond-levy savings; public commenters urged the council to prioritize pedestrian safety, oppose a large police budget increase and preserve local hospital services.
Mohammed Bala, chief financial officer for the City of Atlanta, presented a proposed fiscal year 2026 millage structure at a council public hearing, saying the plan would reduce the city’s total millage rate from 11.40 mills to 11.37 mills while reallocating bond-levy savings to the operating levy.
“The proposed millage rate presented represents a modest net decrease from the current total millage rate of 11 and 40 mills to 11 and 37 mills for FY '26,” Bala said, adding that the proposal “allows property tax exemptions to cover a larger part of the tax bill for homeowners.” Bala described the change as a “reduction of 1 and 3 mills to the bond levy offsetting the 1 mill increase to the operating levy and the park levy remaining at 1 mill.” He also…
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