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Cusseta–Chattahoochee adopts 2024 millage package, sets county rate at 8.512 mills
Summary
On Sept. 3 the Unified Government commission voted unanimously to adopt its 2024 tax levy package, listing a county millage of 8.512 mills and a school maintenance rate shown on the printed resolution as 16.99 mills (total ad valorem levy 25.50). The action was taken by motion and recorded in the adopted resolution.
The Commission of the Unified Government of Cusseta–Chattahoochee County voted unanimously on Sept. 3, 2024, to adopt its 2024 tax levy resolution, setting the county portion of the millage at 8.512 mills.
The adopted resolution (introduced and read during the meeting) lists the maintenance and operation county millage at 8.512 mills and shows a school maintenance and operation line of 16.99 mills on the printed resolution; the document lists a total ad valorem tax levy of 25.50 mills. The commission directed the Clerk to transmit a certified copy of the resolution to the Tax Commissioner as required by law.
Why it matters: the millage rate determines the property tax burden assigned to county operations and, in combination with school millage, the overall ad valorem levy local property owners will see on tax bills. The board’s action establishes the levy the county will use for budget planning and for certification to tax officials.
How the board decided: the motion to adopt the resolution was made during the Sept. 3 meeting (motion recorded in the minutes as made by Commissioner Frost and seconded by Commissioner Douglas) and carried by a unanimous vote of the commissioners present. The meeting minutes and the signed resolution record that the Clerk was directed to forward the certified resolution to the Tax Commissioner and to publish the levy as required by law.
What’s next: the adopted millage and the certified resolution will be used for tax billing for 2024. The clerk’s office is responsible for submitting the certified resolution to the Tax Commissioner and completing required publication steps.
Vote record: the minutes record the motion as adopted unanimously; the minutes do not list an individual-by-individual roll-call vote in the text provided.
Authorities referenced: the adopted instrument is recorded in the meeting minutes as a county resolution submitted under the State of Georgia heading and certified by the Clerk of the Commission.
