Lawrenceville proposes same millage rate resulting in tax increase

Following approval of the city’s $182 million Fiscal Year 2021 budget, Lawrenceville officials will now consider maintaining the city’s current millage rate of 1.826 mills. For property owners who have experienced an increase in property values this year, the same tax rate as the previous year will mean a small overall tax increase. For a home valued at $200,000 this will mean a 65-cent per month increase.

Lawrenceville residents are invited to attend any of three public hearings to discuss the proposed millage rate at 4:45 p.m. July 8, or at noon and 7 p.m. July 27 at Lawrenceville City Hall, 70 South Clayton St.

“The City of Lawrenceville has not raised the millage rate in 29 years,” said Mayor David Still. “A millage rate of 5.00 mills was set in 1991, and the city has steadily lowered or maintained the millage rate each subsequent year since. In 2010, the millage rate was 2.160. That is 15.5 percent higher than the 2019 rate of 1.826, the same rate proposed for 2020.”