The Gwinnett Board of Commissioners is considering keeping the general fund millage rate the same as last year, at 6.95 mills, and will hold three public hearings for residents to comment. The three public hearings will be held in the auditorium of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center located at 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville.
The dates and times are as follows:
- Monday, July 11 at 9:00am and 2:00pm
- Monday, July 18 at 6:30pm
When the total digest of taxable property is prepared, Georgia law requires 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 2022, Gwinnett County’s rollback millage rate is calculated at 6.088 mills. The 2022 millage rate that the Board of Commissioners is considering is 6.950, or 0.862 mills above the rollback millage rate. Therefore, state law requires commissioners to 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 3.
The Board of Commissioners adopted the 2022 budget assuming the current millage rate, not the calculated rollback rate. The revenue raised from 2022 property taxes will fund County services and needs that are approved by the board.
Commissioners will also consider millage rates for the police, fire and emergency services, development and code enforcement, recreation, and economic development funds.
In addition to the public hearings, commissioners are accepting online comments about the proposed 2022 millage rates. Residents can submit their comments using the online comment form and learn more about their Property Taxes.
The comment period closes July 18 at 9:00pm. The millage rates will be adopted during the Board of Commissioners regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, July 19 at 2:00pm.