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Finance
Requested Action (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Request approval of a Resolution adopting the 2025 Millage Rates for the General fund, General Obligation Bond Fund, and the Fulton Industrial District Fund. (APPROVED)
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Requirement for Board Action (Cite specific Board policy, statute or code requirement)
O.C.G.A 36-81-5; O.C.G.A 48-5-32; O.C.G.A 48-5-32-1 and O.C.G.A 48-5-310; Fulton County Code Sec 58-148
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Open and Responsible Government
Commission Districts Affected
All Districts ☒
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Is this a purchasing item?
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Summary & Background (First sentence includes Agency recommendation. Provide an executive summary of the action that gives an overview of the relevant details for the item.)
Scope of Work: The Finance Department recommends approval of the attached Resolution which includes the County’s 2025 General Fund, Bond Fund, and Special Service District - Fulton Industrial District millage rates. The Fulton County Board of Education is scheduled to adopt their final millage rate on August 19, 2025, which will be presented to the Board of Commissioners via Resolution at the August 20, 2025 meeting.
Listed below are the proposed millage rates for 2025 and actual rates for the last two years:
2023 2024 2025 Change
General Fund 8.870 8.870 9.870 1.000
Bond Fund 0.180 0.170 0.169 (0.001)
Fulton Industrial Dist. 9.340 9.410 9.431 0.021
The Board previously approved Item 25-0466 on June 18, 2025 that authorized a proposed millage rate, advertisement of the 5-year levy ad, set the public hearing dates, authorized the Chair to sign the Pending Appeals for Properties Other than Public Utilities form, and authorized the County Attorney to petition the Superior Court of Fulton County for immediate and temporary collection of 2025 taxes, if it becomes necessary. Two of the three required public hearings were held at the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners on July 9, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., a special called meeting at 6 p.m. on July 9, 2025, and the final public hearing is being held at the first meeting on August 6, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the Assembly Hall, located at 141 Pryor Street, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303 and via video conferencing accessible via the Fulton County website at www.fultoncountyga.gov or were accessed electronically via the following web addresses for the public hearing dates below:
July 9, 2025 10:00 a.m. meeting -
July 9, 2025 6:00 p.m. meeting -
August 6, 2025 10:00 a.m. meeting -
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__nVFiYNGRee-ykGVMuKslA