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3-mill property tax hike eyed for Walker County

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By Ben Benton 3 min read

photo Bebe Heiskell

WALKER MILLAGE RATE2009: 4.4182010: 4.9182011: 4.8352012: 4.8352013: 4.7052014: 7.725 (proposed)Source: Walker County, Ga., governmentNORTHWEST GEORGIA MILLAGE RATESCatoosa: 6.296Chattooga: 15.620Dade: 8.283Fannin: 5.160Gilmer: 7.144Gordon: 9.800Murray: 5.800Walker: 4.705 (7.7 proposed for 2014)Whitfield: 6.061Source: Georgia Department of Revenue 2013 property tax rates

Walker County, Ga., Sole Commissioner Bebe Heiskell is proposing a 59-percent increase on county portion of property tax millage rates to generate money she says is needed to keep pace with increasing expenses and state requirements.

“We really have our backs against the wall,” Heiskell told Walker residents in a video presentation posted this week on her Facebook page.

It’s the first county property tax increase since 2010, and Walker’s tax rate would still be among the lowest in the state, according to officials.

“That’s not 59 percent of your total taxes, that’s 59 percent of the 21 percent that Walker County receives from the total taxes collected,” the commissioner said. “It’ll be about a 14.7 percent increase overall on your bottom line on your tax bill.”