Fayette County adopts 2025 property tax millage after final public hearing
March 01, 2026 | Fayette County, Georgia
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The Fayette County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 8 adopted Resolution 2025-13 to set the county's 2025 property tax millage following a final public hearing.
Chief Financial Officer Sheryl Weinmann told the board that changes from the Tax Commissioner's Office required the county to re-advertise the millage and hold an additional hearing. Weinmann said reassessments increased about 6.63 percent and that changes to exemptions produced a net increase in the taxable digest of $19,879. She said what had been advertised as a 1.87 percent increase was updated to 1.92 percent after the revisions.
"The millage rate remained the same," Weinmann said, listing the proposed 2025 rates: a General Fund maintenance and operations millage of 3.763, Fire Services at 2.82 (a decrease from prior figures), Emergency Medical Services at 1.000 (an increase), and 911 Services at 0.210. Using a sample home value of $500,000 with a taxable value of $200,000 and the standard $5,000 homestead exemption, Weinmann showed the total tax bill at $62.59; she also provided comparisons for unincorporated Fayette County and the towns of Brooks, Peachtree City, Fayetteville and Tyrone.
Weinmann emphasized the overall change to typical homeowner bills was modest. She reported the current annual change in the tax bill was about $13.84 for the General Fund maintenance and operations line, compared with the prior annual change of $13.45, and noted Fayette County remains among the counties with lower millage rates.
No members of the public spoke in favor of or in opposition to the proposed millage at the hearing. Vice Chairman Edward Gibbons moved to adopt Resolution 2025-13; Commissioner Eric K. Maxwell seconded. The motion passed by a 3-0 vote. Chairman Lee Hearn and Commissioners Gibbons and Maxwell voted yes; Commissioners Charles W. Oddo and Charles D. Rousseau were absent.
The meeting record shows the board had first approved the meeting agenda earlier in the session by the same 3-0 margin, and later voted to adjourn at 5:08 p.m. The resolution adoption concludes the county's final public hearing process required after the Tax Commissioner's updated digest filing.
Chief Financial Officer Sheryl Weinmann told the board that changes from the Tax Commissioner's Office required the county to re-advertise the millage and hold an additional hearing. Weinmann said reassessments increased about 6.63 percent and that changes to exemptions produced a net increase in the taxable digest of $19,879. She said what had been advertised as a 1.87 percent increase was updated to 1.92 percent after the revisions.
"The millage rate remained the same," Weinmann said, listing the proposed 2025 rates: a General Fund maintenance and operations millage of 3.763, Fire Services at 2.82 (a decrease from prior figures), Emergency Medical Services at 1.000 (an increase), and 911 Services at 0.210. Using a sample home value of $500,000 with a taxable value of $200,000 and the standard $5,000 homestead exemption, Weinmann showed the total tax bill at $62.59; she also provided comparisons for unincorporated Fayette County and the towns of Brooks, Peachtree City, Fayetteville and Tyrone.
Weinmann emphasized the overall change to typical homeowner bills was modest. She reported the current annual change in the tax bill was about $13.84 for the General Fund maintenance and operations line, compared with the prior annual change of $13.45, and noted Fayette County remains among the counties with lower millage rates.
No members of the public spoke in favor of or in opposition to the proposed millage at the hearing. Vice Chairman Edward Gibbons moved to adopt Resolution 2025-13; Commissioner Eric K. Maxwell seconded. The motion passed by a 3-0 vote. Chairman Lee Hearn and Commissioners Gibbons and Maxwell voted yes; Commissioners Charles W. Oddo and Charles D. Rousseau were absent.
The meeting record shows the board had first approved the meeting agenda earlier in the session by the same 3-0 margin, and later voted to adjourn at 5:08 p.m. The resolution adoption concludes the county's final public hearing process required after the Tax Commissioner's updated digest filing.
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