Notice of Property Tax Increase

NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE 

The Cook County Board of Commissioners  has tentatively adopted a 2023 millage rate which will require an increase in property tax by 1.09 percent. 

All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing on the tax increase to be held at the Cook County Administration Building located at 1200 S Hutchinson Avenue, Adel, GA on August 7, 2023, at 6:00pm. 

Times and places of additional public hearings on this tax increase are at the Cook County Administration Building located at 1200 S Hutchinson Avenue, Adel, GA on August 21, 2023, at 10:00am and 6:00pm. 

This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 11.862 mills, an increase of 128 mills. Without this tentative increase, the millage rate will be no more than 11.734 mills. The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $100,000 is approximately $4.87 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $300,000 is approximately $15.36.