Tonight (Monday, August 8), the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners will set the 2011 property tax rate in a specially-called meeting at 6:00 pm. The Commissioners have advertised their intent to adopt the same rate as in the last two years, 13.25 mills. (For an explanation of the millage rate, go here.) In March, I [...]
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Gwinnett Commissioners to Set 2011 Millage Rate Tonight
Posted by BobG on August 8th, 2011
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Four of Four Candidates Agree: County Dealt Dishonestly With Gwinnett Taxpayers
Posted by BobG on March 4th, 2011
All four candidates in the special election to fill the unexpired term of Commission Chairman Charles Bannister agreed at a forum last night that the expiring bond debt millage should lapse, and not be retained and included to the general fund millage for 2011. The Commissioners who voted for the millage “re-alignment”—Shirley Lasseter, Lynette Howard, [...]
County Commission Shell Game: Breaking Trust With the Gwinnett Taxpayer
Posted by BobG on March 2nd, 2011
On Tuesday, the Gwinnett County Commission formally expressed its intent to increase the “Maintenance & Operations” (M&O) property tax rate by almost one-quarter of a mill. The Commission described it not as a tax increase but as a revenue “realignment,” which makes it a deception, a violation of a promise and a breaking of trust [...]
Lower Property Value, But Maybe No Lower Tax Bill
Posted by BobG on April 9th, 2010
The AJC reports that Gwinnett County has adjusted the assessed value of tens of thousands of residential properties downward: The vast majority of the 120,000 residential property notices issued in the first batch will show an average value decrease of 17 percent or $35,000 of market value, Pruitt said. The sum of all decreases for [...]
