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Fulton commissioners approve a total combined millage rate decrease

By LINDSAY BIANCHI
lbianchi@TheCitizenNews.com

The Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved 2004 millage rates for the County’s General, Bond, and Special Services District funds, today, Wednesday, June 16. The total combined millage rates for the three funds are reduced .251 mills from the previous year.

The 2004 millage rates include 11.581 mills for the General Fund, a reduction of .471 mills from 2003; .066 mills for the Bond fund, a reduction of .204 mills from 2003; and 4.731 mills for the Special Services District, an increase of .424 mills from the 2003 rate.

Combined, the General Fund and the Bond Fund millage rates will be reduced .675 mills and will result in a tax reduction in Fulton County property tax bills for many citizens in the County’s municipalities. For property owners in the unincorporated areas of the County, the General Fund and Bond Fund millage reductions will offset the proposed increase in the Special Services District millage rate.

The General Fund and the Bond Fund are two taxes paid by all County property owners. The Special Services District Fund is a tax paid by property owners in the unincorporated portions of the County.Ê

After submitting the County’s tax digest to the Georgia Department of Revenue, and obtaining conditional approval, the Fulton County Tax Commissioner anticipates mailing Atlanta and Fulton County 2004 property tax bills July 19.

City of Atlanta taxes are due September 15 and Fulton County taxes are due October 15.