UPSON COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN MAURICE RAINES CALLED IT A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR CITIZENS FOR 2011, $2 MILLION IN TAX RELIEF FROM THE OVERAGE OF THE 2005 SPLOST, AND IT COULD BE MORE. AT TUESDAY’S MEETING THE BOARD AGREED TO A ROLLBACK OF 4.63 MILLS IN 2011. OF THE $2 MILLION, 1.7 IS FROM THE 4-LANE PROJECT ON 36 EAST TO 1-75 THAT NEVER HAPPENED, AND THE CHAIRMAN STRESSED, THIS IS A ONE TIME DEAL, FOR ONE YEAR, THAT IS ALLOWED AT THE END OF A SPLOST. COUNTY FINANCE OFFICER RONALD VAN HOUTEN SUGGESTED TO THE BOARD, THAT THE FUNDS BE PLACED IN A SEGREGATED ACCOUNT. IN A LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN, UPSON COUNTY TAX COMMISSIONER BERRY COOK SAID 4.63 MILLS GENERATES $3 MILLION BASED ON THE CURRENT COUNTY WIDE NET TAX DIGEST. THIS WOULD BE A ROLLBACK OF 4.63 MILLS, LOWERING THE MILLAGE RATE OF 12.72 MILLS TO 8.09 MILLS, REDUCING THE ESTIMATED TAX LEVY FROM $8.2 MILLION TO $5.2 MILLION, A DECREASE OF 2.9 MILLION. THE TAX COMMISSIONER EXPLAINED, THIS WOULD REDUCE THE TAXES ON A $100,000 PIECE OF PROPERTY FROM $508 TO $363,A TAX SAVINGS OF $185. CHAIRMAN RAINES SAID THE BOARD IS WORKING ON PROJECTS TO BE LISTED FOR THE 2011 SPLOST ON THE BALLOT NEXT MARCH. HE SAID PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HELD FOR CITIZEN INPUT ON THE NEW ONE CENT SALES TAX PROPOSAL. IN OTHER ACTION, THE COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THE 2011 BUDGET, $13.2 MILLION A REDUCTION OF $58,000 COMPARED WITH 2010.
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