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Cusseta‑Chattahoochee commission recommends 9.504 proposed millage rate, schedules hearings
Summary
The Unified Government of Cusseta‑Chattahoochee County voted unanimously Sept. 2 to recommend a proposed millage rate of 9.504 (up 1.25 mills). County staff estimated the increase would add about $50 a year for a $100,000 homestead property; public hearings were later rescheduled in a Sept. 22 work session.
The Unified Government of Cusseta‑Chattahoochee County recommended a proposed millage rate of 9.504 on Sept. 2, 2025, an increase of 1.25 mills from the prior rate of 8.254, the commission’s minutes show. The motion to recommend the rate passed unanimously.
County Manager Thomas Weaver explained the staff recommendation and walked commissioners through estimated homeowner impacts. "With a homestead property of a fair market value of $100,000, it would be an estimated increase of $50.00 a year," Weaver said. He added a $50,000 example for a non‑homestead property would be about a $25 annual increase.
The commission amended the agenda to include the recommendation and then approved the proposal: Commissioner Jason Frost moved to recommend the proposed rate; Commissioner Damon Hoyte seconded, and the vote was unanimous. The Sept. 2 minutes record the commission’s action as a recommendation to set public‑hearing dates rather than an adoption of a final tax rate.
The county initially scheduled public hearings for Sept. 17 (10 a.m. and 6 p.m.) and Sept. 24 (6 p.m.), with a called meeting planned for a final vote immediately after the Sept. 24 hearing. In a Sept. 22 work session County Manager Weaver later said the hearings were rescheduled because an advertisement in the local newspaper did not meet Department of Revenue requirements; the hearings were moved to Oct. 1 (10 a.m. and 6 p.m.) and Oct. 8 (10 a.m.).
The commission’s action on Sept. 2 was procedural: it recommended a proposed rate and set hearing dates. Final adoption of a millage rate requires a later public hearing and a formal vote by the commission following the statutory notice period.
Next steps: the county will hold the advertised public hearings and return to the commission for a final vote on the millage rate at a called meeting after the final hearing.
