The City Of Suwanee is poised to lower the millage rate (which is used to set property taxes) in 2012. It would be the third straight year the city has lowered the benchmark property rate.
A public hearing will be held at City Hall on Thursday, Aug. 16, at 5:30 p.m. so that residents can express themselves on the proposed rate of 4.93 mills. That would be a drop of 0.72 from the current rate of 5.65.
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Jessica Roth, assistant to the Suwanee city manager, noted that the rate in 2010 dropped from 5.77 to 5.70, and in 2011 it went to 5.65.
Several factors have been credited in Suwanee’s continued smooth financial situation. In 2012, the city received a $664,000 settlement from Gwinnett County as a result of the
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