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Winterville City News & Information
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Hey, you. Yeah YOU!
We want to hear from you!
The Leisure Services Department has begun the process of developing a new comprehensive master plan, and a huge part of that is knowing what the community values are and discovering where we need to focus our efforts in the future.
You can help us with that right now by sharing your thoughts at www.accgov.com/activateathens or you can do so in person at one of the many scheduled sessions.
Our partners from BerryDunn will be out in community at your favorite parks, festivals, and events all summer! There's an ever-growing list on the Activate Athens website.
Thank you!
Cathy Padgett
Community Relations Specialist
Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department
205 Old Commerce Road
Athens, GA 30607
Office: 706-613-3800
Notice
The City of Winterville today announces its intention to increase the property taxes it will levy this year by 5.00 percent.
Each year, the board of tax assessors is required to review the assessed value for property tax purposes of taxable property in the city. When the trend of prices on properties that have recently sold in the city indicate there has been an increase in the fair market value of any specific property, the board of tax assessors is required by law to re-determine the value of such property and increase the assessment. This is called a reassessment.
When the total digest of taxable property is prepared, Georgia Law requires that a rollback millage rate must be computed that will produce the same total revenue on the current year’s new digest that last year’s millage rate would have produced had no reassessments occurred.
The budget tentatively adopted by the City of Winterville requires a millage rate higher than the rollback millage rate. Therefore, before the City of Winterville may finalize the tentative budget and set a final millage rate, Georgia Law requires that three public hearings be held to allow the public an opportunity to express their opinions on this increase.
All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearings on this tax increase to be held at the following locations at the indicated times:
All public hearings will be held at the Winterville City Hall, 125 N. Church Street Winterville, Georgia.
Hearing #1 – Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 6:00 pm
Hearing #2 – Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 11:00 am
Hearing #3 – Tuesday July 9, 2024 at 6:00 pm
(This ad is to run Friday June 21, 2024 in the Athens Banner Herald.)
You can review the Current Tax Digest and 5-Year History HERE
