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Hinesville council cuts tax bills; hikes water bills
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Hinesvilles Finance Department received a Governmental Finance Officers Association certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year that ended Oct. 31, 2016. The city has received the award for 12 consecutive years. At the presentation were, from left, in front, finance director Kim Ryon, Mayor Allen Brown, finance department staffers Debra Hulvey and Stacy Turk, and Council member Vicky Nelson; in back Council members Diana Reid and Jason Floyd, and Mayor Pro Tem Kenneth Shaw. - photo by Photo by Denise Etheridge
The Hinesville City Council saved property owners some on taxes Thursday while also increasing how much all households and businesses pay in water bills. Council members voted to roll back the millage rate by .25 of a mill from the 2016 digest rate of 11 mills, setting a new rate of 10.75 mills. According to the Georgia Department of Revenue website, one mill equates to a tax liability of $1 per $1,000 of assessed value.
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