
Chattooga County is seeking a company to provide uniform rental, cleaning and maintenance services for employees in multiple county departments, with bids scheduled to be opened Wednesday.

Chattooga County is seeking a company to provide uniform rental, cleaning and maintenance services for employees in multiple county departments, with bids scheduled to be opened Wednesday.

The Walker County Board of Commissioners will take another look at the county’s data center moratorium when commissioners meet Thursday evening in LaFayette.

Chattooga County Sole Commissioner Andy Allen set the county’s 2026 maintenance and operations millage rate at 7.959 mills during a meeting Friday afternoon at the Hurley Community Development Center in Summerville.
That’s down from 10.281 mills last year.
At the same time, the county’s total net tax digest has grown to more than 912 million dollars, up from about 779 million in 2025.
Even with that increase in taxable property value, the county expects to levy about 5.53 million dollars in M&O property taxes, nearly 933-thousand dollars less than last year.
Individual tax bills can still vary depending on assessments, exemptions and school taxes.
WZQZ News will have more on this story in upcoming newscasts and online at www.chattoogainfo.com .

Chattooga County Sole Commissioner Andy Allen has appointed two local residents to boards that play roles in property taxation, conservation, agriculture and community development.

Chattooga County’s 2026 tax levy will be the subject of a public meeting this afternoon as county officials move toward finalizing the property tax rates used for this year’s tax bills.

Chattooga County is re-advertising the first phase of the Tooga Theater renovation project after contractors interested in the work said they needed additional time to prepare their bids.

Chattooga County property owners now know one major part of their 2026 property tax calculation, while another will be determined Friday.

Chattooga County’s 2026 LMIG and LRA paving program is moving forward under a contract awarded earlier this summer to William Patty Construction, with the work covering 18.54 miles of county roads.

With the deadline to appeal 2026 property assessments now passed, Chattooga County property owners are entering the next stage of the annual property-tax process — waiting for final millage rates and the arrival of their actual tax bills.

Chattooga County is seeking proposals from companies interested in providing uniform rental and laundry services for multiple county departments, with bids scheduled to be opened later this month.