Lawrenceville decides to roll back millage rate for 2017/18

Despite previous plans to keep the city’s millage rate at 2.025, Lawrenceville’s mayor and City Council voted July 12 to roll back the millage rate to 1.909 mills and decrease the city property tax rate for the 2017/18 fiscal year.

“The city has rolled back the millage rate to effectively maintain an affordable cost of living for residents in the city,” said Mayor Judy Jordan Johnson. “The Council believes that keeping a low tax structure today will create opportunity for the future. As the city moves forward to execute capital projects, low millage now would offer flexibility for citizens to invest in these projects and maintain competitive rates along the way.”

Local leaders noted in the meeting this decision will still result in an increase for residents due to Gwinnett County’s increase in the city/county combined tax digest. Increased property values, combined with a proposed county-wide millage rate increase will result in higher tax bills. However, based on the decision to roll back the rate, Lawrenceville will advertise a local decrease in property tax rates for the 2017/18 year.