Robb Pitts- The First 100 Days Report
Below is an excerpt from a page at the Fulton County Website on the first 100 days. Great news for all of us that have our properties increased by more than 50%!!! They will be reviewed.
Property Tax Reform:
We’ve allocated $3.4 million in the budget to begin to fix the broken property tax appraisal system. The money will be used to hire more appraisers, provide better training for them, improve technology, and enhance our communications strategy to keep our citizens informed. Property owners will see a more up-to-date website as well as community outreach. We will also be producing and distributing brochures and information on every aspect of the process. Additionally, each property that received a 50% increase or more will be reviewed.
The bold text above is our emphasis.
Please remember, it will be the Millage Rate selected that will raise your taxes. If the Rollback rate is not selected, we are all going to providing a windfall of tax revenue to whatever elected body does not choose the rollback rate.
It’s NOT too early to start contacting your elected officials. They know how this process works and they can put everyone at ease with the valuations that are coming by announcing now what they are planning to do when it comes to Millage Rates.
It’s Not Your Assessments That Will Increase Your Property Tax Bills…
It’s entertaining watching politicians working overtime to protect us by focusing on (Pick One):
A) Rising Property Valuations
OR
B) Making sure they start the Property Tax discussions with the Roll-Back Millage Rate
Which do you feel is the most critical part of this upcoming issue regarding YOUR property taxes?
There has been nothing but finger-pointing over the Fulton County Property Tax debacle. And rest assured it will get worse before it gets resolved.
It’s NOT the Tax Assessors that will raise your property taxes. The property values of everyone in Johns Creek could rise by 300%. Your taxes could stay approximately the same.
As a Johns Creek property owner, it’s these three government bodies that will decide to raise your property taxes or not, and NOT the Tax Assessor. They are:
Your Fulton County Commissioners (Seven Members)
Your Fulton County School Board(Seven Members)
Your Johns Creek City Council(Seven Members)
Letter to the Editor
Do you believe the citizens of Johns Creek realize what a drastic amount of Road improvements are about to happen due to the t-splost? In spite of having at least seven meetings around this area, only those who have actually gone to the City Council meetings and seen physically what is going to happen will anyone realize the catastrophic degradation of our way of life. I encourage everyone reading this to come to City Council meetings take a comment card and fill it out. I am Momma nature – I speak for the trees and I am sickened by the amount of devastation happening here. There should be nothing called clear-cutting happening here but it does and you know it. Where do you think these animals are going to go? These trees are giving us oxygen and in some cases shade. Do we protect them? I don’t think so. Our children are watching us to see if we have the intelligence to protect our environment. Air water and soil quality have been abused and taken for granted. Let’s wise up. Momma Nature Former master naturalist- resigned recently so I can focus on environmental degradation around me in Johns Creek.
-Carol Madan
Fulton County Commissioner Liz Hausmann to hold Town Hall Meeting to discuss 2018 Property Assessments
Assessment Notices will be mailed late May
Fulton County Commissioner Liz Hausmann, District 1, will hold a Town Hall Meeting on April 24th at Chattahoochee High School to discuss 2018 Property Assessments in order to provide information and assistance to understanding how property is assessed. Assessment Notices will be mailed late May.
“It is my hope that homeowners will attend this important meeting,” states Commissioner Liz Hausmann. “I am holding this town hall to give them an opportunity to ask questions, learn how their property is assessed and to learn about the appeal process if they disagree with the assessed value of their property.”
On Tuesday, April 24th, Commissioner Hausmann, along with staff from the Tax Assessors’ Office, will be at:
Chattahoochee High School
5230 Taylor Road
Johns Creek, GA 30022
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Visit www.fultonassessor.org for more information about property assessments.
This is one of the biggest outstanding issues we face going forward. We all know the issues we have had with the Tax Assessments here in Johns Creek and the rest of Fulton County. Around 1/3 of this City’s revenue comes from property taxes.
We also have every reason to believe that valuations are going to rise much much faster than most are prepared for. And we know the flaws we all face with such a system.
Our city, county and school officials can negate the major portion of this problem by agreeing to start at the “roll-back” rate every year.
Were officials to do this, then over the course of time(10 years for example) the impact to you and your property taxes should be as minimal as possible. The average of your increases in the years where your property values went up would balance with the years where your property valuations stayed the same IF the roll-back rate was selected every year.
But of course, I cannot be sure I would trust officials to do this over the course of ten years and neither should you. The temptation for a windfall in tax revenues is just too great for some elected officials.
We encourage you to attend this meeting. Voice your concerns. And be sure to ask why there are certain business properties that have also not been revalued for many years.
Only pressure from all of us will encourage a fair and reasonable system to be implemented for all of us.
-EJM
Johns Creek and 141: What’s Really Driving Our Traffic?
Over the last few years, no road has been discussed more in Johns Creek as to what to do to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion than Medlock Bridge Road(or 141). The objective is to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion. It has always been this author’s contention that unless we have defined the problem, we will not be able to select the right solution. I have witnessed the opposite. We start with a solution and then try to justify it.
It’s important that we begin to cut through the many myths about the 141 corridor and study the facts instead. As the start of a multi-part series on this topic, I encourage you to review the pdf file attached in the link below. It will show you the volume of vehicles in each direction at every intersection along 141 from the split between Peachtree Parkway and Peachtree Industrial Blvd to McGinnis Ferry Road.
Johns Creek Post Spring Update
Spring has sprung, and change is all around us.
That applies to the Johns Creek Post going forward.
EJ Moosa will taking over as Editor of the Johns Creek Post.
EJ is assembling a list of co-editors that will be working with him to address many of the important issues in and around Johns Creek.
You may notice that there will be some changes as things move forward and we look forward to your feedback.
John Bradberry TRIUMPH VICTORY for Post 3 Council Seat
There was 4 vying for the seat from the start, and John Bradberry won the runoff with almost 600 more votes than his opponent.
According to Fulton County Elections:
John Bradberry got 2151 votes = 57.76%
Vicki Horton got 1573 votes = 42.24%
January 8th meeting will be the swearing in ceremony.
Go Vote! Polls Open til 8pm
Today is Election Day for the City Council Runoff for Post 3
Polls open till 8pm.
To find your polling location, type in your address here….
