Public Notice: Proposed Budget FY25-26 / Millage Public Hearing Dates

Public Notice

City of Dallas, Georgia

Public Hearings

Proposed Budget FY 2025-2026

The Dallas City Council will conduct a public hearing on the City’s proposed General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 10 am and Monday, July 7,2025 at 5:15 pm at Dallas City Hall, Council Chambers, located at 129 East Memorial Drive, Dallas, Georgia 30132. All citizens are invited to attend and comments will be heard.

The Dallas City Council will vote on the City’s General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 at the Council Meeting on Monday, July 7, 2025 at 5:15 pm at Dallas City Hall, Council Chambers, located at 129 East Memorial Drive, Dallas, Georgia; also open to the public.

A copy of the proposed budget is available at Dallas City Hall, 129 East Memorial Drive, Dallas, Ga. 30132 and is available for review online by visiting www.dallas-ga.gov

NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE

The City of Dallas Council has tentatively adopted a 2025 millage rate which will require an increase in property taxes by 4.89 percent.

All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing on the tax increase to be held at the City of Dallas Council Chambers at 129 E. Memorial Drive, Dallas, GA  30132 on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 @ 6pm. Times and places of additional public hearings on this tax increase are at City of Dallas Council Chambers at 129 E. Memorial Drive, Dallas, GA  30132 on Thursday, June 26, 2025 @ 10am and Monday, July 7, 2025 @ 5:15pm.

This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 6.5 mills, an increase of 0.17 mills. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more than 6.33 mills. The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $100,000 is approximately $6.80 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $300,000 is approximately $20.40.