Statesboro keeps millage rate at 8.625, turns to reserves to cover shortfall

Statesboro keeps millage rate at 8.625, turns to reserves to cover shortfall

Statesboro City Council voted to keep the city’s property tax millage rate at 8.625 mills, declining to adopt a proposed increase to 9.6 mills and opting to use fund balance to cover the resulting budget shortfall.

City Council changes course, holds millage rate same as last two years

After hearing impassioned citizen opposition to an almost 1-mill property tax hike, Statesboro City Council voted 4-0 Tuesday evening to keep the tax rate at last year’s 8.625 mills. For property owners whose assessed values have risen because of inflation, that’s still about a 20% tax increase above the rollback rate.