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Lowndes County adopts 2025 millage rollback of 5.051 and sets special-district rates
Summary
The Lowndes County Board of Commissioners adopted a rollback millage rate of 5.051 for 2025 and approved special-district millages: industrial authority at 1.10, parks and recreation at 1.25 and fire services at 2.50. Commissioners voted by voice on each measure with no recorded opposition.
The Lowndes County Board of Commissioners voted to set the county maintenance-and-operations millage at a rollback rate of 5.051 for 2025, county staff reported, a reduction from the prior-year rate of 5.283 that avoids advertising a property tax increase.
County staff presented the calculations behind the recommendation, saying reassessment growth this year totaled $235 million on a $5.3 billion digest, which produced a millage equivalent of 0.232 mills. "The proposal tonight is to use the rollback millage of 5.051," staff said during the presentation.…
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