Published 11:25 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 The Baldwin County Board of Commissioners have set three public hearing dates and times to discuss a proposed property tax increase. The commissioners have announced their intention to increase the 2026 property taxes levied this year by 95.27% over the rollback millage rate. Each year, the board of tax assessors is required to review the assessed value for property tax purposes of taxable property in the county. When the trend of prices on properties that have recently sold in the county indicates there has been an increase in the fair market value of any specific property, the board of assessors is required by law to re-determine the value of such property and adjust the assessment. This is called a reassessment. When the total digest of taxable property is prepared, Georgia law requires that a rollback millage rate must be computed that will produce the same total revenue on the current year’s digest that last year’s millage rate would have produced had no reassessments occurred. The budget being developed by the Baldwin Board of Commissioners will require a millage rate higher than the rollback millage rate; therefore, before the Baldwin County Board of Commissioners may finalize the tentative budget and set a final millage rate, Georgia law requires three public hearings to be held to allow the public an opportunity to express their opinions on this increase. All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearings…
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