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Johns Creek mayor previews resolution urging Fulton County not to raise property taxes
Summary
The mayor told the council he authored a resolution asking Fulton County to forego a proposed roughly one-mill increase and said he will share the draft with other Fulton municipalities; he urged residents to attend the county hearing on Aug. 6.
The mayor warned residents that Fulton County is contemplating a significant property tax increase and presented a draft resolution asking the county to reconsider.
The mayor said the city of Johns Creek "has maintained by far the lowest millage rate of all Fulton County municipalities," and that he would distribute a proposed resolution to sister cities as a template. He urged residents concerned about the proposal to attend the Fulton County Commission's rate-setting meeting on Aug. 6 at 10 a.m. at the Fulton Government Center.
The resolution text the mayor read cites a recent shift in local-option sales-tax allocations and notes county plans to refurbish, rather than build, an estimated $300 million jail — a change from earlier cost estimates cited to justify higher revenue. The council did not take a vote on the city resolution at the meeting; the mayor said he is not entering the resolution into the official record that night but wanted to forewarn the public and other cities.
Why it matters: a countywide tax increase would affect Johns Creek homeowners and businesses; the mayor framed the proposed city resolution as a request for fiscal restraint from Fulton County. The mayor pointed stakeholders to fultoncountyga.gov for the county hearing details.
What’s next: the mayor said he will distribute the resolution to other Fulton County cities and may ask them to adopt similar language ahead of the county commission's Aug. 6 vote.
