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Cusseta–Chattahoochee Commission adopts 2024 millage rate of 8.512 mills
Summary
The Unified Government of Cusseta–Chattahoochee County on Sept. 3 unanimously adopted a 2024 millage rate setting the county maintenance millage at 8.512 mills (after rollbacks) and a total ad valorem levy of 25.50 mills, and directed the clerk to certify the levy to the tax commissioner.
The Unified Government of Cusseta–Chattahoochee County Commission unanimously adopted its 2024 tax levy resolution at its Sept. 3 regular meeting, setting an actual county maintenance and operation millage rate of 8.512 mills and a school maintenance millage of 16.99 mills, for a combined ad valorem tax levy of 25.50 mills.
The resolution lists rollbacks applied to the maintenance rate: 15.06 mills attributed to local option sales tax and 0 mills for insurance premium tax, producing the stated 8.512 county millage. The commission directed the county clerk to transmit a certified copy of the resolution to the Tax Commissioner and to publish the levy as required by law.
Commissioners recorded the motion to adopt during the meeting’s agenda items. The minutes show routine motions and seconds by commissioners on related agenda matters; votes on the millage resolution were recorded as unanimous. The minutes do not record individual commissioner statements explaining the levy calculation beyond the resolution language.
The commission’s action fulfills the statutory step required each year to set the county’s property tax rate and to notify the tax commissioner for collection. The levy will apply to tangible property in Cusseta–Chattahoochee County, including public utilities, subject to homestead and other exemptions allowed by law.
The clerk was instructed to complete required certification and publication steps; the resolution is dated Sept. 3, 2024.
