(Lawrenceville, Ga., July 2, 2021) – The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners is considering keeping the General Fund millage rate the same as last year, at 6.95 mills, and will hold three public hearings for residents to comment.

The first hearing will be held Monday, July 12 at 9 a.m. while the second and third hearings are scheduled for Monday, July 19 at 9:30 a.m. and at 6:30 p.m. The three hearings will take place in the auditorium of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, located at 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville. The millage rate adoption is scheduled to take place Tuesday, July 20 at 2 p.m.

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.

For 2021, Gwinnett County’s rollback millage rate is calculated at 6.853 mills. The 2021 millage rate that the Board of Commissioners is considering is 6.950, or 0.097 mills above the rollback millage rate. As such, state law requires that the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners announce a property tax increase. Required notices for the millage rate adoption will be published in the Gwinnett Daily Post, the county’s legal organ, Sunday, July 4.

The Board of Commissioners adopted the 2021 budget assuming the current millage rate not the calculated rollback rate. The revenue raised from 2021 property taxes will fund County services approved in the adopted budget.   

     “From engaging programs for our seniors, to our libraries, our roads and transit system and even how our court system runs - these are just a few services the tax revenue will pay for,” said Gwinnett County Chairwoman Nicole Hendrickson. “It all circles back to the Gwinnett Standard the board is always talking about. Not only should that standard of excellence be maintained, but we should also strive to exceed it for our community’s future.” 

Commissioners will also consider millage rates for the police, fire and emergency services, development and code enforcement, recreation and economic development funds.

In addition to the public hearings, commissioners are accepting online public comments about the proposed 2021 millage rates. Interested residents may visit www.gwinnettcounty.com to access the form and express their views.

The comment period closes July 19, at 9 p.m.