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Statesboro City Council takes middle ground on tax rate hike
Approves increase of 0.82 mills, instead of 1.9 mills
Sam Jones, who previously served on Statesboro City Council from District 2, speaks to the current council during the tax hearing portion of the Tuesday, Sept. 19, meeting. He asked that the council consider protections for low-income homeowners and for r
Sam Jones, who previously served on Statesboro City Council from District 2, speaks to the current council during the tax hearing portion of the Tuesday, Sept. 19, meeting. He asked that the council consider protections for low-income homeowners and for renters whose rents might go up because of a tax hike. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff
City Council arrived at a compromise on Statesboro’s property tax increase Tuesday evening, approving neither the 9.212-mill rate recommended by the city manager, nor the 6.362-mill rollback rate that would have fully offset inflation in appraised property values, nor the rate of 7.308-mill rate the city had maintained for the last five years.
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