Berkeley Lake lowering 2022 property taxes

Berkeley Lake’s Mayor and City Council recently voted unanimously to lower the city’s millage rate from 1.746 to 1.455 mills.

For a home with a fair market value of $661,113 in 2021, the city property tax was $461.72. For a home of the same value in 2022, the tax will be $384.77. This represents a 16.67% reduction in property taxes.

According to Berkeley Lake Mayor Lois Salter in a statement to residents, “Our property values are increasing so that for this year I believe we can drop the rate and still be able to collect enough taxes if we continue with our very careful fiscal management.”

The city has steadily continued to lower property taxes for homeowners over the past five years. View the current property tax digest and 5-year history of rates at www.tinyurl.com/BLakeTaxDigest.

About the Author

Karen Huppertz for the AJC

Judge rules Atlanta polls will remain open until 8 p.m.

City polling locations will be open an hour longer than planned after Atlanta sucessfully sued Fulton and DeKalb counties over a 7 p.m. closing time.

6 report injuries after MARTA buses collide at DeKalb station

A MARTA spokesperson says six passengers are claiming they were hurt when two buses collided as one was pulling out of a stall at Kensington Station.

1 dead, 2 injured after fight leads to shooting in Carrollton, police say

Police say the shooting early Sunday morning near 6th Street ends in the death of a 26-year-old woman, who died at the scene, and the hospitalization of two others.

The Latest

Credit: John Spink/AJC

Judge rules Atlanta polls will remain open until 8 p.m.

1 dead, 2 injured after fight leads to shooting in Carrollton, police say

6 report injuries after MARTA buses collide at DeKalb station

Featured

Credit: Miguel Martinez-Jimenez

A last request: He asked for water but ended up in a deadly arrest.

Three white former deputies in Central Georgia face a retrial on murder charges after shocking Black pedestrian Eurie Martin with a Taser in 2017.

How two obscure races became a referendum on Georgia Power bills

Georgia Power customers have seen bills rise. Now they get to vote for two members on the state regulatory commission for the first time since 2020.

Spelman College, CAU get $38 million donations from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott

Since the 2019 announcement of her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Scott has made significant investments in HBCUs across the country.