Because the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners proposes a millage-rate reduction but not a full rollback to the official “rollback rate,” the board was legally required to hold three public hearings for a tax increase. The first two were held Tuesday, Aug. 11, but the last will be held at 8:30 a.m. next Tuesday, Aug. 18. Like the first two, that hearing will occur in the commissioners’ meeting room at the North Main Annex, 115 North Main Street. Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. is also the start time of the regular meeting in which commissioners may take a final vote to set the millage. In keeping with their fiscal year 2027 budget, already in effect from July 1, the county manager and elected commissioners proposed a reduction in the rate for the county government portion of property taxes from last year’s 11.35 mills to a new rate of 10.26 mills. However, the separate, appointed Board of Tax Assessors’ staff had determined that a “rollback rate” of 9.485 mills would be needed to fully offset inflation in assessed real estate values as reflected in the tax digest. The 0.775-mill difference between the proposed rate and the full rollback rate results in a projected 8.17% tax increase, as seen in “notice of property tax increase” ads the county placed in the Statesboro Herald. But that is a projection of the overall, average increase, and actual increases may vary among property types and locations. Elements of Chairman David Bennett’s presentation on the millage rate during the 11…
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