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Johns Creek resident inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame AMBER PERRY/APPEN MEDIA
Johns Creek City Councilman Bob Erramilli advocates to keep the 2023 millage rate steady at the Aug. 8 council meeting. But in a 6-1 vote, councilmembers decided to roll back the millage rate to 3.646 mills.
City reduces property tax millage rate By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — In the next fiscal year, Johns Creek residents will see property tax bills based on the rollback millage rate of 3.646 mills. The Johns Creek City Council passed the new rate in a 6-1 vote at the Aug. 8 regular meeting, the last of three public hearings on the millage rate. Councilman Bob Erramilli cast the dissenting vote, preferring to keep the millage rate steady at 3.986 mills so the city could fund more projects in fiscal year 2024, which begins Oct. 1. Erramilli argued the lower rate would result in minimal savings for residents on their tax bills, whereas the city would lose nearly $2 million in extra revenue.
DETROIT — Johns Creek resident and former Harlem Globetrotter Tyrone Brown has been inducted into the American Basketball Hall of Fame. Brown was honored alongside 25 other basketball legends including, ESPN Basketball Analyst Dick Vitale, Detroit Pistons legends Earl Lloyd, Isiah Thomas, Earl Cureton, Terry Mills and John Long at a ceremony held for the American Basketball Hall of Fame 2022 and 2023 classes in Detroit, Mich., June 25. “I am deeply grateful to LaMont Robinson, CEO-Founder of the American Basketball Hall of Fame and the Harlem Globetrotters organization for the opportunity to stand alongside so many legends who love basketball,” Brown said. Brown, a native of Savannah, is recognized as one of the greats in Harlem Globetrotters history with a social impact that extended well beyond the bounds of the court, officials said. The former Globetrotter currently serves as a literacy and character educational speaker at school districts, corporations and nonprofits across the United States and Canada. He also founded the Ambassadors of Responsibility Foundation to enable former teammates to better serve elementary and middle school students across the country. “I am honored, thankful and humbled by this recognition and dedicate it to the children I’ve entertained and talked to at schools across the country about the importance of reading, goal setting and hard work,” he said. — Alexander Popp
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