According to city documents, Dacula’s mayor and council “have carried out a deliberate strategy over the last several years to keep city taxes low without negatively impacting the quality of the city services provided to its citizens.”
The city is proposing the adoption of a 4.806 millage rate, which is the same as last year. The tentatively adopted millage rate will require an increase in property taxes by 3.04 percent based on increasing property values.
Citizens are invited to two public hearings on this proposed millage rate at 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. June 25 at City Hall, 442 Harbins Road. The third and final public hearing will take place at 6:30 p.m. July 2. Dacula will set the 2020 millage rate at 7 p.m. July 2.
If approved, a millage rate of 4.806 mills could result in a tax increase of approximately $8.52 for a home with a fair market value of $150,000, and a tax increase of approximately $17.04 for a non-homesteaded property with a fair market value of $300,000. These numbers are an estimate and based on an average of homes in the Dacula area.
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