Macon council committee votes to maintain current millage rate | Politics | Macon.com

Barring any last-minute surprises, the city of Macon’s millage rate of 9.7 mills won’t change this year.

The Macon City Council Appropriations Committee voted Monday to hold the millage rate steady.

The rate is the same as last year’s millage rate, which is used to calculate property taxes. The issue goes before the full council Tuesday night.

Council members spent very little time discussing the rate itself during Monday’s meeting. Much of the discussion centered on whether the city was paying its full 18 percent rate to the Macon-Bibb County Parks & Recreation Department as part of the Service Delivery Strategy between the city and the county.

Councilman Rick Hutto said based upon discussion at last week’s Consolidation Task Force Committee meeting, city officials seemed to indicate that City Hall wouldn’t be paying the $1.7 million it owes in the second half of the fiscal year.

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