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Rockdale County adopts 2025 rollback millage of 18.284, sets host credit at 50.29%
Summary
The Rockdale County Board of Commissioners voted to set the 2025 millage rate at 18.284 — a rollback from 18.69 — and to apply a 50.29% host (sales-tax credit) percentage, with county staff saying the rate will yield about $91.0 million in property tax revenue toward a $129.2 million total budget.
Rockdale County’s Board of Commissioners voted unanimously in a called meeting to set the 2025 millage rate at 18.284 and to set the county’s host percentage at 50.29%, board members said.
The action, moved by a commissioner (speaker 7) and seconded by another board member (speaker 6), was adopted by voice vote after a presentation from interim finance director Sue Sanders. Sanders told the board the proposed rollback rate of 18.284 is 0.406 mills lower than the 2024 rate of 18.69 and described how the rate relates to the county’s general fund priorities.
The county’s finance presentation said 42% of the general fund is dedicated to public safety (including the sheriff’s office, fire rescue and…
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