Adairsville Mayor Ken Carson listens to a speaker at the Aug. 13 City Council meeting. Adairsville Mayor Pro Tem Alan Towe, left, and Councilman Erwin Holcomb review the agenda for the council's Aug. 13 meeting. Assistant City Manager Brady Hammonds addresses the Adairsville City Council at the council's Aug. 13 meeting. Adairsville City Council at its Aug. 13 meeting set its fiscal year 2026 millage at 1.955 mills and approved emergency repairs at the police department. The council held the third of three required public hearings on the millage rate at a special called meeting before the regular meeting. Finance Director Jordan Redd explained the millage was remaining the same as last year. “The city’s millage rate is 1.955 mills,” Redd said. “Based on property assessments, the rollback rate is 1.820 mills. The city is proposing to keep the same millage rate, instead of the rollback rate. Even though the rate will be the same, Georgia law requires three public hearings to be held to allow the public the opportunity to express its views on the increase.” With the growth the city has experienced, more resources are needed to maintain its level of service, Redd said. “In the last five years, the city has reduced its millage rate from 3.05 in 2019 to 1.955 in 2025,” Redd said. “This tax increase will not be an increase to the millage rate, as it will stay the same, but is a required advertisement of an increase due to an increase in collections due to reassessment.” During the…
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