The county government operations millage, combined with county school operation totals 24.331 mills for all incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county.
According to county Tax Commissioner Scott Clements, the county’s 2009 digest has been approved and tax bills should be mailed out by the end of this week.
“We took the digest to the state on Thursday,” Clements said. “It was inspected with a fine tooth comb.”
Clements said that once all of the tax bills and exemptions have been checked the bills will be mailed.
For taxpayers who pay their bills in escrow, Clements says the bills will be mailed to the escrow holder.
City millage rate
Calhoun city council has approved a millage rate of 1.591, a drop from last year's 1.615 mills.
The city schools' millage rate will also drop from last year's 14.08 to 13.865.
According to city schools superintendent Michelle Taylor, the schools will minimize spending by cutting out approximately $350,000 worth of expenses.
“The decision is to cut supplies, textbooks, expenditures, computers and repairs,” city schools financial director Don Hood said. “These items just won’t be purchased, and with the repairs it’ll be on essential repairs.”
For more details on the city’s millage rate drop, see the Saturday edition of the Calhoun Times.
But I think a responsible move would have been to include enough room in the millage rate to allow some savings for the schools in the future, so our teachers don't have to be funded from a credit line.