Following its third and final public hearing Thursday night, the City Council of Peachtree City voted 4-0-1 (with Terry Ernst absent) to keep its Maintenance & Operation millage rate at 6.756 for the coming year. The city reduced the bond millage rate slightly, from 0.314 to 0.309 mills, for a total millage of 7.065.

Financial Services Director Paul Salvatore noted at the Aug. 23 hearing that property assessments rose 6.1 percent in 2016, which would result in a net property tax increase for affected homeowners. A house valued at $275,000 would cost about $33 more in taxes per year. The new millage rate is expected to generate close to $14 million in city revenue.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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