Notice Of Property Tax Increase - The City of Waleska has tentatively adopted a millage rate, which will require an increase in property taxes by 50.98 percent. All concerned citizens are invited to public hearings on this tax increase to be held at the City of Waleska City Hall, 8891 Fincher Rd., Waleska, Georgia 30183 at the indicated times: July 15, 2025, at 6:30 PM, July 22, 2025, at 10:00 AM, and July 22, 2025, at 6:30 PM. This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 3.000 mills, an increase of .963. Without this tentative increase, the millage rate will be no more than 1.987. The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $500,000 is approximately $197.54 and the approximate tax increase for a non-homestead property with a fair market value of $450,000 is $182.34.
Five-Year History Mill - The City of Waleska does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at Waleska City Hall, 8891 Fincher Rd., Waleska, Georgia 30183 on July 22, 2025 at 6:45 p.m., and pursuant to O.C.G.A. 48-5-32 does hereby publish the following presentation of the current year's tax digest and levy, along with the history of the tax digest and the levy for the past five years. CITY OF WALESKA 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Real and Personal $8,783,543 $10,441,731 $13,894,523 $13,928,284 $16,857,390 Motor Vehicle 95,350 95,350 107,820 107,150 91,400 Mobile Homes 9,504 9,504 10,095 9,627 3,335 Timber 100% 0 0 0 0 0 Heavy Duty Equipment 0 0 0 0 0 Gross Digest 8,888,397 10,546,585 14,012,438 14,045,061 16,952,125 Less M&O Exemptions 522,654 2,281,894 - 744,313 1,246,955 Net M&O Digest 8,365,743 8,264,691 14,012,438 13,300,748 15,705,170 Gross M&O Millage 3.119 2.524 2.045 2.037 3.000 Less Rollbacks 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Net M&O Millage 3.119 2.524 2.045 2.037 3.000 Net Taxes Levied $26,093 $20,860 $28,655 $27,094 $47,116 Net Taxes $ Increase - 5,233 7,795 - 1,562 20,022 Net Taxes % Increase -20.05% 37.37% -5.45% 73.90%
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