Category: News
NOTICE: The Wilkinson County Board of Elections & Registrations office will be closed on 01/24/25
The Wilkinson County Board of Elections & Registrations office will be closed on 01/24/25. We are available by phone or email. We will reopen on Monday at 8am.
NOTICE: public hearing today at 5pm held via Zoom
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Wilkinson County Board of Commissioners public hearing regarding property tax increase (millage rate) scheduled for today January 21, 2025 at 5:00pm will be held by Zoom instead of in person. Those with questions regarding the setting of the new millage rate can join by using the link below. Please contact County Manager Tracy Strange at 478-960-8803 with any questions.
Click HERE to join Zoom meeting.
NOTICE: order declaring local judical emergency (closing courthouse on 01/09/2025)
Click HERE to read the Order Declaring Local Judical Emergency for 01/09/2025
NOTICE: announcing a proposed property tax increase
The Wilkinson County Board of Commissioners today announces its intentions to increase the 2024 property taxes it will levy this year by 4.22 percent over the rollback millage rate. While commissioners are not opting to take the full rollback rate of 13.227, they are lowering the current rate from 14.344 to 13.786.
Each year, the board of tax assessors is required to review the assessed value for property tax purposes of taxable property in the county. When the trend of prices on properties that have recently sold in the county indicate there has been an increase in the fair market value of any specific property, the board of tax assessors is required by law to re-determine the value of such property and adjust the assessment. This is called a reassessment.
When the total digest of taxable property is prepared, Georgia law requires a rollback millage rate be computed that will produce the same total revenue on the current year’s digest that last year’s millage rate would have produced had no reassessment occurred.
The budget tentatively adopted by the Wilkinson County Board of Commissioners requires a millage rate higher than the rollback millage rate; therefore, before the Wilkinson County Board of Commissions may finalize the tentative budget and set a final millage rate, Georgia law requires three public hearings to be held to allow the public an opportunity to express their opinions on the increase.
All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearings on this tax increase to be held at the Wilkinson County Courthouse in Courtroom A, 100 Bacon Street, Irwinton, GA 31042 on January 21, 2025 at 5:00 pm, January 30, 2025 at 9:00am, and January 30, 2025 at 6:00 pm.
NOTICE: Property Tax Increase
The Wilkinson County Board of Commissioners has tentatively adopted a 2024 millage rate which will require an increase in property tax by 4.22 percent.
All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing on the tax increase to be held at the Wilkinson County Courthouse in Courtroom A located at 100 Bacon Street, Irwinton, GA 31042 on February 6, 2025 at 9:00am and 6:00pm.
This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 13.786 mills, a decrease of .5585 mills. Without this tentative increase, the millage rate will be no more than 13.227 mills. The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $125,000.00 is approximately $24.59 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $100,000.00 is approximately $20.36.
NOTICE: public hearing held on 1/16/2025
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF WILKINSON COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing on the proposed FY 2024/2025 budget for Wilkinson County will be held on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in Courtroom A of the Wilkinson County Courthouse, located at 100 Bacon Street, Irwinton, Georgia.
The proposed budget for FY 2024/2025 will be available for public inspection in the Commissioner’s Office at 100 Bacon Street, Irwinton, Georgia during normal business hours beginning Monday January 6, 2025 through Friday January 10, 2025.
Commissioners will vote on said budget at their regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 9:00 am.
*date changes from 1/14/2025 to 1/16/2025 (posted on 1/9/2025)
NOTICE: J R SIms Road will be closed to through traffic effective 12/19/2024
PUBLIC NOTICE – ROAD CLOSURE
Effective December 19, 2024, J R Sims Road will be closed to through traffic. This closure is due to an immediate issue that poses a threat to the safety of the road. Measures are being taken to fix the issue but a timeframe is not known at this time. Due to the hazardous issue and in the interest of safety of all motorist, the Wilkinson County Board of Commissioners have voted to close the road. Please contact the Board of Commissioners’ office at 478-946-2236 with any questions.
