Tax-setting time at the county level

Next week Oconee County Council will be asked to approve a new set of millage on which to calculate the property tax bills for 2022.  Christy Hubbard, the county auditor, announced during a workshop meeting she will make her recommendation to the council on Tuesday night, and she’ll couple the recommendation with setting enough mills to generate monies required to satisfy county bond payments.  The formula to the new tax mills is impacted by re-assessment, a countywide re-valuation that—may or may not—change what taxpayers will owe to satisfy their annual obligations.  Information on reassessment was imparted to the council this morning in a presentation by the county’s assessor, Kevin Robinson.  According to what the council heard in the workshop, Auditor Hubbard is likely to rely on new tax property growth to propose lower school and general government mill totals.  There were indications that if county taxpayers went without appreciable improvements to their properties, they won’t see an increase in their bills the county treasury.