Month: July 2021

The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners will consider keeping the General Fund millage rate the same as last year, at 6.95 mills, during their next business meeting on Tuesday, July 20 at 2:00pm.
The Commissioners will hold three public hearings for residents to comment which will be held Monday, July 12 at 9:00am, followed by a second and third hearing on Monday, July 19 at 9:30am and at 6:30pm. The three hearings will take place in the auditorium of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, located at 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville.  
In addition to the public hearings, commissioners also welcome online comments about the proposed 2021 millage rates. Interested residents may submit their comments by visiting, GCGA.us/MillageRateComments. The comment period closes on Monday, July 19 at 9:30pm.
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 digest that last year’s millage rate would have produced had no reassessments occurred. For 2021, Gwinnett County’s rollback millage rate is calculated at 6.853 mills. The 2021 millage rate that the Board of Commissioners is considering is 6.950, or 0.097 mills above the rollback millage rate. As such, state law requires that the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners announce a property tax increase. Required notices for the millage rate adoption will be published in the Gwinnett Daily Post, the county’s legal organ, Sunday, July 4, and can be viewed here. The Board of Commissioners adopted the 2021 budget assuming the current millage rate not the calculated rollback rate. The revenue raised from 2021 property taxes will fund County services approved in the adopted 2021 budget.
“From engaging programs for our seniors, to our libraries, our roads and transit system and even how our court system runs – these are just a few services the tax revenue will pay for,” said Gwinnett County Chairwoman Nicole Hendrickson. “It all circles back to the Gwinnett Standard the board is always talking about. Not only should that standard of excellence be maintained, but we should also strive to exceed it for our community’s future.” 
Commissioners will also consider millage rates for the police, fire and emergency services, development and code enforcement, recreation, and economic development funds.
Learn more about the proposed millage rates:

Notice of Current 2021 Tax Digest and Five-Year History of Levy
Notice of Property Tax Increase

Submit public comments:  Remember to share your comments about the proposed 2021 millage rates.