BREAKING NEWS : City of Griffin Commissioners to raise 2023 Millage rate by 13.18 percent over 2022.
Public Hearings:
Tuesday August 23, 2022 9:00 am and 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday September 13, 2022 6:00 p.m.
Location: 100 South Hill Street, Griffin, GA West Elmer George Municipal Hall: https://goo.gl/maps/EJC4EVdtLbaESqtm9
2022 Millage Rate Breakdown for City of Griffin: The City's calendar year 2022 net digest is $725,797,312.00 that reflects an increase of $74,010,362.00 from 2021. Reassessments of existing real property increased $84,487,862.00 and other changes decreased the digest by $10,477,500.00, including an increase in exemptions of $20,671,441.00. The rollback millage rate for 2022 is 6.258 mills, a decrease of 0.825 from the 2021 millage rate of 7.083 mills. The 2022 millage rate of 7.083 mills will generate a net levy of approximately $5,140,822.00An estimated 90% collection rate would generate property tax income of approximately $4,626,740.00 The City of Griffin's FY 23 budget is based on property tax collections of $4,248,250.00; however, exorbitant inflation costs have affected the cost of fuel, equipment, supplies, contracted labor, and the retention of current city employees
See Packet link pages 3-18: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityofgriffin/973a0a54-30f4-11ec-88a7-0050569183fa-1d551f08-14ec-483b-84d8-2e5351ae78bb-1660939417.pdf
In September of 2021 the city commissioners voted to keep the millage rate at 7.083 mills rather than rollback to 6.844 mills.
Breakdown of 2021 Millage increase or rollback: The City's calendar year 2021 net digest is $651,786,950, that reflects an increase of $33,333,385 from 2020. Reassessments of existing real property increased $21,954,828, and other changes also increased the digest by $11,378,557 including an increase of $3,398,218 in Exemptions. The rollback millage rate for 2021 is 6.841, a decrease of 0.239 from 2020 millage rate of 7.083. The 2021 millage rate of 7.083 mills will generate a net levy of approximately $4,616,607. An estimated 90% collection rate would generate property tax income of approximately $4,154,000. The City's FY22 budget was based on property tax collections of $4,140,500 (predicated on 95% collection rate).
Home values in Spalding County hit an all-time high in March 2022, and now are on the decline. https://www.redfin.com/county/629/GA/Spalding-County/housing-market
The all-time high reassessments issued this year by the County Board of Tax Assessors, who are appointed by the County Board of Commissioners, will increase property taxes to the highest levels Spalding County and the City of Griffin has seen or collected.
Rolling back the millage rate will help the property taxpayer to compensate for the all-time high property reassessments made by the County Board of Tax Assessors this year. The County Board of Commissioners are also discussing to keep the millage rate for the county at 16.138 rather than rollback.
Below 2012-2021 Tax Levies for the City of Griffin
This year the property tax owner will be taxed at the highest Spalding County has ever known (per volume), and some will be taxed out of their home due to inability to pay the high tax rates for a county with only 67,000 residents.
2022 Tax Digest County Wide was the highest in history at $2,388,274,091.00 BILLION.
2022 Taxes Levied for this Digest was the highest in history at $33,196,865.00 Million. https://www.spalding.k12.ga.us/documents/Departments/Finance/5-YEAR-TAX-DIGEST-2022.pdf
Not to mention, the City of Griffin received $22,428,488.00 for 2016 SPLOST which ran from January 2016 to March 2022, and in Oct 2020 the county commissioner voted to extend the 2016 SPLOST. https://cityofgriffinaa.prod.govaccess.org/home/showpublisheddocument/410/637686035120070000
In 2021 the city/county voters approved a TSPLOST in the amount of $58 Million Dollars. Feel free to contact the city commissioners here:
And the county commissioners here: https://www.spaldingcounty.com/government/board-of-commissioners/
gflowers-taylor@spaldingcounty.com ;
jrdutton@spaldingcounty.com ;
rjohnson@spaldingcounty.com ;
rbowlden@spaldingcounty.com ;
cwdavis@spaldingcounty.com
And while you're at it contact the School Board of Education about their percentage increase as well:
Syntel Brown District 1: syntel.brown@gscs.org
Will Doss District 2: will.doss@gscs.org
Zachary Holmes District 3: zach.holmes@gscs.org
Barbaro Jo Cook District 4: barbarajo.cook@gscs.org
Sue McDonald District 5: sue.mcdonald@gscs.org
Keith Simmons Superintendent: keith.simmons@gscs.org
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