Bartow County Commissioner’s Press Release

July 16, 2020

PRESS RELEASE MILLAGE RATES TO DECREASE:

The Bartow County Commissioner has proposed a decrease in the millage rates for 2020. The proposed millage rate for incorporated areas will be 9.96 and for unincorporated areas will be 8.82. State law requires this to be advertised as a tax increase since the state measures change not against the actual prior-year millage rate, but rather against the “rollback rate.” The rollback rate is calculated by subtracting any increase in the digest due to reassessment. However, if your own assessment did not change, your taxes will be lower than last year. All concerned citizens are invited to attend the public hearings on this tax increase to be held in the Commissioner’s Conference Room, located at 135 W. Cherokee Avenue, Cartersville, Georgia 30120 on July 23, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and on July 30, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.