The Fulton County Board of Commissioners are proposing a budget for the next fiscal year that includes a property tax increase of more than 4% to pay for jail upgrades.
According to budget planning documents from the commission, the current budget proposal includes a flat millage rate of 8.87 while “acknowledging that an additional millage rate of 0.39 will be necessary to fund additional consent decree expenditures.”
As a percentage, the additional millage rate could mean more than a 4% property tax increase to residents, though it would be a separate charge from the typical property tax bill due…