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Dunwoody millage stays flat; no tax hike for homesteads By HANNAH YAHNE hannah@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody City Council voted unanimously July 1 to keep the city’s millage rate the same at 3.040 mills. The tax rate for 2026 also includes a one-mill reduction for all homestead properties, lowering the effective rate to 2.040. One mill equals $1 in tax for every $1,000 of a property’s assessed value. Dunwoody’s millage rate is the lowest compared to surrounding cities, with Chamblee’s millage rate at 7.25 mills, and Brookhaven’s rate at 3.85 mills. In addition, the city will continue to freeze assessed values for properties receiving a homestead exemption. Combined, these exemptions mean that no homestead property will see an increase in its city tax bill this year, according to officials. Although the millage rate remains the same, rising property assessments in DeKalb County are expected to increase overall tax collections by 0.50 percent over the rollback millage rate and required the city to advertise the proposal as a tax increase under state law.
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Residents speak out against data centers at the July 7 DeKalb County Commission meeting.
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DeKalb extends data center moratorium By DYANA BAGBY dyana@appenmedia.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County commissioners voted July 7 to approve a resolution to extend a moratorium on new data center development through early next year while officials continue studying the industry’s impact on the county. The moratorium ends March 30,
2027, unless it is extended. The vote follows the commission’s surprising June 23 vote to reject a separate set of proposed zoning and land-use regulations for data centers from the Planning & Sustainability Department. The resolution — sponsored by commissioners Mereda Davis Johnson and Robert Patrick — states that at that meeting it “became apparent for the first time” that input
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from other county departments may be needed to come up with comprehensive regulations that “fully protect the county’s citizenry.” DeKalb County is one of numerous local governments across the state debating how to regulate data centers as residents push back against their extensive water and power usage.
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