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Cusseta–Chattahoochee County adopts 2024 millage: county rate 8.512 mills, total levy 25.50 mills
Summary
At a Sept. 3 meeting the Unified Government of Cusseta–Chattahoochee County adopted a 2024 tax levy resolution setting the county maintenance millage at 8.512 mills (after rollbacks) and a school millage of 16.99, producing a total ad valorem levy of 25.50 mills. The clerk will certify the resolution to the tax commissioner.
The Unified Government of Cusseta–Chattahoochee County adopted its 2024 tax levy resolution at a regular meeting on Sept. 3, 2024. The commission set the county maintenance and operation millage at 8.512 mills after local rollbacks and set the school millage at 16.99 mills, producing a total ad valorem tax levy of 25.50 mills.
The resolution records that the maintenance and operation levy before rollbacks was 23.57 mills; rollbacks included 15.06 mills for the local option sales tax and 0 mills for insurance premium tax, yielding the actual county millage of 8.512. The motion to adopt the resolution was made by Commissioner Jason Frost and seconded by Commissioner Gerald Douglas; the minutes record the vote as unanimous.
The commission directed the clerk to transmit a certified copy of the resolution to the Tax Commissioner and to publish the levy as required by state law. The resolution text filed in the meeting record includes the millage breakdown and a statement that levies are subject to statutory homestead and other exemptions.
The tax levy determines the ad valorem rate used to calculate property taxes for county services and for the school system in 2024-25. County officials did not include additional discussion or direct quotes about projected revenue changes in the minutes; a formal certified copy of the resolution will be sent to the Tax Commissioner and posted as required.
The commission’s adoption concludes formal local action on the millage for 2024; the clerk’s transmittal to the tax office and required publications are the next procedural steps.
