After public backlash and packed hearings in September, officials in Roswell, Georgia, scaled back an initially proposed 56% increase in the property tax rate.
Even with that reduction, the Georgia Sun reported that the city moved forward with a rate hike that will still raise what homeowners pay.
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The Georgia Sun reported that Roswell City Council voted 4-2 to approve a 2026 millage rate of 5.232 mills, compared with 4.949 mills in 2025. That final number was lower than the original 7.732-mill rate the city advertised and also below the 5.9-mill proposal council members had previously advanced.
At the newly adopted rate, a Roswell home valued at $575,000 would face a city tax bill of about $1,203 before exemptions. Under the 2025 rate, the same home would have generated roughly $1,138: a difference of about $65 for the year and a 5.7% increase…