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Dade County commissioners authorize collection of school board's 2025 millage at 13.53 mills
Summary
At a brief special call meeting, the Dade County Board of Commissioners authorized collection of the Dade County Board of Education's 2025 millage rate of 13.53 mills by approving Resolution R-35-25. The superintendent presented the computation and estimated collections; the motion passed unanimously and the meeting was adjourned.
The Dade County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to authorize collection of the Dade County Board of Education's 2025 millage rate at 13.53 mills after a short, advertised special call meeting Wednesday at the Dade County Administrative Building.
Chair Townsend introduced Resolution R-35-25, saying the meeting had a limited agenda to consider the school board's request to collect its approved millage. "We're here to, consider for adoption a resolution R dash 35 dash 25 as a resolution authorizing collection of the 2,025 millage rate as set by the Board of Education of Dade County, Georgia," the chair said.
Josh, the school system superintendent, presented the Board of Education's paperwork and calculations for preparing the 2025 property tax bills, including required advertisements and a five-year history. "The millage rate, 13.53," he reported. He also provided the figures the board used to estimate collections: a taxes levy reported as $8,000,323,715, a 2.5% commission for the governing authority of $208,092.87, and a total collection estimate for the Board of Education of $8,115,622 based on the final 2025 maintenance and operations digest.
Following the superintendent's report, Chair Townsend moved to approve Resolution R-35-25 "as reported by the superintendent of the Dade County School System and chairperson of the Board of Education." A second was recorded in the meeting minutes though the transcript does not identify the seconding member by name. After no further discussion, the chair called the vote: "All in favor say aye." The meeting record shows the motion passed by unanimous vote.
The board completed its limited agenda and adjourned. The action directs the county tax commissioner to collect the school board's approved millage rate as submitted; no additional policy changes or conditions were included in the transcript.
Details on the board's prior millage-setting session were noted in the meeting: the commission had set its own millage the previous evening, and the school board had separately approved the countywide 2025 millage rate before seeking collection authorization from the commissioners.
Next steps: the county tax office will prepare 2025 property tax bills using the approved figures. The transcript does not specify an effective date for collection beyond preparation of the 2025 tax bills.
