The Gainesville City Commission gave direction Thursday to raise the property tax rate by 0.3 mills in the coming year while cutting eight vacant positions, freezing nearly 20 vacant positions and opening up four new police officer positions.
The millage increase would raise $3.4 million more than if the rate stayed flat and $9.4 million more than the city levied in property taxes this year.
For home with a $200,000 property value (different than the listing price), the owner would pay around $60 more per year for property taxes if it doesn’t have the homestead exemption. It would be around $45 more per year with the homestead exemption…