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Rockdale County sets 2025 millage at rollback 18.284, adopts 50.29% host percentage
Summary
At a called meeting, the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners voted to set the 2025 millage rate at the rollback rate of 18.284 and adopt a 50.29% host percentage; county staff said the rate yields about $91.0 million in property tax revenue and requires no further public hearings.
The Rockdale County Board of Commissioners voted at a called meeting to set the county’s 2025 millage rate at the rollback level of 18.284 and to set the county’s 2025 host percentage at 50.29%, adopting the resolution as presented.
Interim finance director Sue Sanders told commissioners the proposed millage of 18.284 is a reduction from the 2024 rate of 18.69 and described the rollback as the rate that would generate the same amount of property tax revenue as the prior year. Sanders said the proposed county property tax revenue under that rate would be $91,030,520; non‑property tax revenues were listed at $38,147,777 for total projected revenues of $129,178,297 for 2025.
Why it matters: Sanders said that for homesteaded properties with the host exemption, roughly 78% of the total property tax bill goes to the school system and about 22% goes to the county for maintenance and operations. She gave sample calculations showing a $100,000 home…
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