Brookhaven to hold public hearings for 2023 millage rate

Brookhaven, GA, June 1, 2023 – Residents are encouraged to attend upcoming public hearings for the 2023 millage rate. Anyone who wants to attend and or participate can do so in person or virtually via Zoom.

The meetings will be held Tuesday, June 13, at 7 p.m. and Wednesday, June 28 at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. at City Hall at 4362 Peachtree Road, Brookhaven.

The Zoom link for the June 13 and June 28 meetings is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86403121396

After the final public hearing, the millage rate will be formally adopted at the June 28, 2023, meeting at 7 p.m.

In November 2022, the Brookhaven City Council adopted a balanced 2023 budget totaling $64.5 million in direct expenditures, defined as the total of all 16 funds minus interfund transfers. The general fund budget, which funds the day-to-day operations of the City of Brookhaven, totals $33.1 million, and represents a decrease of $11.5 million (25.8 percent) from the 2022 General Fund budget as revised. The anticipated millage rate in 2023 is 2.74 mills, the same rate which has been in effect since 2015.

Due to the revaluation of real property tax assessments, the proposed 2.74 millage rate results in an increase in property tax by 0.208 mills over the Rollback Millage rate.  Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more than 2.532 mills.

For example, the tax decrease based on the difference between the rollback and the proposed millage rate for a homesteaded property with a fair market value of $625,000 would be approximately $52, and the proposed increase for a non-homestead property with a fair market value of $1.3 million is about $98.80.

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