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Cusseta‑Chattahoochee Commission adopts 2024 tax levy, sets total ad valorem rate at 25.50 mills
Summary
The commission approved a 2024 tax levy that sets the county operating millage at 8.512 mills and school maintenance at 16.99 mills, producing a total ad valorem levy of 25.50 mills. The vote was unanimous among commissioners present; the clerk will transmit the certified resolution to the tax commissioner.
The Unified Government of Cusseta‑Chattahoochee County on Sept. 3 adopted its 2024 tax levy, setting the county maintenance and operations millage at 8.512 and the school maintenance millage at 16.99, for a combined ad valorem levy of 25.50 mills.
The resolution presented the millage schedule and rollbacks used in the calculation: the maintenance and operation line shows 23.57 mills before a local option sales tax rollback (15.06) and an insurance‑premium rollback (0), yielding the 8.512 mills county portion. Total ad valorem tax levy is listed as 25.50 mills in the adopted resolution.
Commissioner Jason Frost moved to adopt the resolution; Commissioner Gerald Douglas seconded. The motion passed unanimously among the commissioners present: Charles Coffey — yes; Timothy Biddle — yes; Jason Frost — yes; Gerald Douglas — yes. Commissioner Damon Hoyte was recorded as absent at the start of the meeting.
The resolution directs the clerk to transmit a certified copy to the county tax commissioner and to carry out any additional publication required by law. The adopted text also notes that statutory homestead and personal property exemptions continue to apply as directed by state law.
The adoption concludes the Commission’s formal tax‑rate action for 2024; publication and transmission to the tax commissioner are the next procedural steps.
