As Lowndes County Finance Director Stephanie Black always reminds everybody, of the total 8.814 county millage, 1 mil goes to the Development Authority, and 1.25 mils to Valdosta-Lowndes Parks and Recreational Authority. Here is a table from the PDF of her presentation slides.

Property Tax Example

	City of Valdosta Resident	Unincorporated Resident
Property Value	$200,000	$200,000
Assessed Value (40%)	$80,000	$80,000
Homestead Exemption	$(6,000)	$(6,000)
Net Taxable Base	$74,000	$74,000
Tax Calculation:
Lowndes County — 8.814 PY 8.974	$652	$652
Development Authority — 1.00	$74	$74
Parks
& Recreation Authority — 1.25	$93	$93
Lowndes County Schools — 16.541 PY 16.839	$1,224
City of Valdosta — 8.001 PY 8.001	$592
Valdosta City Schools — 16.980 PY 16.980	$1,257
Total Estimated Taxes	$2,668	$2,043

Since she made that table, Valdosta actually lowered its millage to 7.916, which in the above example would mean $50.32 less per year, for an example of how little difference these minor millage rollbacks or increases actually mean to taxpayers. The Valdosta Board of Education wants to increase its tax rate (but not its millage).

Last year the Lowndes County Commission voted on the millage during a Regular Session, Tuesday, August 22, 2017.

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