Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters stated that he has no plans to raise the millage rate this year despite a shortfall of over $260,000 in the county’s budget.  The commissioner said that he is committed to finding areas to cut in the county’s operations in order to make up the deficit.

That doesn’t mean that Chattooga County residents property taxes won’t go up next year.  The Chattooga County Board of Education has yet to determine the millage rate and with forseable shortfalls in the school system’s budget a millage rate increase is possible.  As of yet there has been no announcement from the board of education on the millage rate.

This week the Town of Lyerly announced that it is considering raising the millage rate on Lyerly resident’s property to take care of a budget shortfall of over $48,000.  Lyerly Mayor Josh Wyatt said that the millage rate had to be set by September.

Property taxes are determined by the amount of millage rate set by both the county commissioner and the millage rate set by the board of education.