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Board votes to certify current millage as estimated rollback rate; staff warned of billing and communication impacts
Summary
By a 5-1 vote, commissioners directed staff to certify the current 2024 millage rate (8.87) as Fulton County's estimated rollback rate for 2025, a statutorily required estimate tied to House Bill 581; staff described administrative and taxpayer-notice impacts and urged caution since digest values are not yet available.
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted 5-1 on Feb. 19 to certify the county's current millage rate (8.87) as the county's estimated rollback rate under provisions of House Bill 581, a state law that requires taxing jurisdictions to provide an 'estimated rollback rate' for assessment notices.
Madam CFO Sharon (presenting) said the statute requires each levying authority to certify an estimate of its rollback rate before the digest is finalized and that the estimated number must appear on property assessment notices in 2025. The county does not yet have reassessment-value data from the tax assessor and therefore cannot calculate the statutory rollback rate; staff proposed certifying the current millage (8.87)…
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