Milton City Council voted 4.193 mills Oct. 19, the same as 2025 and below the 4.205 rollback rate. The greenspace bond rate fell to 0.309. Bills are due in December.

The Milton City Council on Monday, Oct. 19, unanimously adopted a property tax rate of 4.193 mills. That is the same rate as last year and below the rollback rate of 4.205 mills. The city said it extends the lowest rate in Milton’s history.

Updated Oct. 22: this story was first published before the vote. It now carries the adopted rates from the city’s Oct. 20 recap of the meeting.

The council also set the separate greenspace bond rate at 0.309 mills, down from 0.310 in 2025. State law lets the city levy up to 4.731 mills for operations, the city said.

“It’s a good year when the rollback rate is higher than our current millage rate,” Mayor Peyton Jamison said.

The city had announced the vote in a news release on Oct. 13.

The numbers

Mills
Adopted 2026 operating rate 4.193
Adopted 2026 greenspace bond rate 0.309
2026 total 4.502
Rollback rate 4.205
Legal cap on the operating rate 4.731
2025 operating rate 4.193
2025 greenspace bond rate 0.310
2025 total 4.503

The 2026 figures are from the city’s Oct. 13 and Oct. 20 releases. The 2025 figures are from the city’s property taxes page.

The rollback rate is the rate that would raise the same money as last year once rising assessments are stripped out. A rate below it means the city is not taking a tax increase under Georgia law.

What a mill costs

A mill is $1 for every $1,000 of assessed value. Fulton County assesses property at 40% of its fair market value, the city said.

As a worked example, a home with a fair market value of $625,000 is assessed at $250,000. At 4.193 mills, the city operating tax on it is about $1,048 before any exemptions. The new greenspace bond rate of 0.309 mills adds about $77. Homestead and senior exemptions lower the taxable value, and the city’s property taxes page lists them.

Where the money goes

Property taxes are the city’s largest source of money, according to the release. They pay for firefighters, police officers, and park and trail upkeep, among other things.

The greenspace bond rate pays back $25 million in bonds that 82.86% of voters approved in 2016 to buy land for parks, trails and greenspace, according to the city’s greenspace page. The city is asking residents this month what should happen on seven of its greenspace sites. Our story on the Birmingham Park conservation easement has the open house dates.

Your other rates

A Milton tax bill also carries Fulton County and Fulton County Schools rates. The county board kept its rate at 8.87 mills on Oct. 7. Our city comparison shows how the full bill is built.

What it means for you

  • Your rate is unchanged. The city operating rate is the same as last year, so any change in your city bill comes from your assessment or your exemptions.
  • Your city bill comes after the vote. The city said in its Oct. 13 release that bills go out after the vote and will be due in mid to late December.
  • It is a separate bill from the Fulton County bill that was due Oct. 15.
  • Questions: the city’s Finance Department is at 678-242-2511 or propertytaxes@miltonga.gov.

What else the council did Oct. 19

The city’s recap lists these other actions at the same meeting:

  • extended the South Deerfield moratorium on certain zoning, site plan, land use and disturbance applications by 60 days
  • adopted a limited update of the Comprehensive Plan, including a revised Future Land Use Map
  • authorized condemnation of the last property needed for a roundabout at Bethany Road and Providence Road, after about two years of talks with the owner
  • appointed Samia Coker as the ninth and final member of the Deerfield-focused Development Authority
  • honored retiring state Rep. Jan Jones, the House speaker pro tem, with a proclamation

The council next meets Nov. 2.