Clarkesville citizens won’t need to worry about increased property taxes as the Clarkesville City Council unanimously voted to roll their millage back from 6.35 mills to 6.11 mills.
The Clarkesville City Council officially voted to adopt their 2022 budget and roll back their millage rate at their Nov. 1 meeting after previously voting to proceed with a rollback.
“I feel very confident that we can roll it [the millage] back to 6.11 mills,” Clarkesville City Manager Keith Dickerson said at the council’s meeting last month, when they voted to approve the rollback. “The biggest reason for this is we’ve had […] $28 million worth of growth [since 2019] in the community, that’s new housing, businesses, also some tax assessment changes have happened, but this will keep everyone’s taxes where they were so they won’t have a tax increase this year.”
The motion to approve the budget and millage rollback was made by Councilman Steven Ward, and was seconded by Councilman Franklin Brown. The council voted unanimously to approve it.
