Cities announce proposed mill rates

Three cities in Pike County recently announced their upcoming meetings to set millage rates, including Concord, Williamson and Zebulon.

Since the county’s tax digest has increased at the rate it has, the cities adopted lower millage rates to keep property tax revenue close to the previous year instead of the more substantial increase citizens would see if the millage rates were left the same as in 2022.

According to the tax commissioner’s office, even with a rollback, some citizens could see an increase in taxes while others may not, depending on how much the value of their property was increased by. Some citizens could see a decrease or stay close to the same amount as last year.

The city of Concord will hold a meeting to set their millage rate at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 50 Main Street. The proposed net tax increase is 9%, compared to 4% in 2022, -2% in 2021, 4% in 2020 and -3% in 2019 and 2018. See the five year digest ad on page 2A.

The city of Williamson will hold a meeting to set their millage rate at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 at 71 Midland Street. The proposed net tax increase is 13.8%, compared to 18.1% in 2022, 3.8% in 2021, 6.8% in 2020, 15.3% in 2019 and 20.36% in 2018. See the five year digest ad on page 2B.

The city of Zebulon will hold a meeting to set their millage rate at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7818 Highway 19 south. The proposed net tax increase is 16.7% compared to 0.07% in 2022, 0.01% in 2021, 12.9% in 2020, -.2% in 2019 and 1.6% in 2018. See the five year digest ad on page 5A.