Commissioners accept BOE’s FY26 millage rate of 13.73
Ware County commissioners approved the rollback of the FY 2026 millage rate to 11.5020 during a called meeting Wednesday morning.
The 11.5020 mills is .234 lower than the FY25 millage rate of 11.7360 and passed unanimously.
“We’re going down and not up,” said Commissioner Timmy Lucas, who made the motion to adopt the resolution Wednesday, August 27 setting the FY26 millage rate. Commissioner Barry Cox seconded the motion.
During the discussion, Commissioner Leonard Burse said it was the responsibility of the commission “to make decisions and do our due diligence for the citizens of Ware County.”
“Based on the information we got, it necessitated the rollback of the millage rate from my tax commission (Roger Collins) and tax personnel,” said Burse. “I think this is the best thing we can do ... the wise and prudent thing to do. Hopefully, we won’t have to come back because a lot of stuff is just shooting in the dark.
“We don’t know what can come up or what can happen, but based on the current standing right now, we’ll be rolling the millage rate back 0.23 mills.”
The new millage is expected to generate $13,089,850 million in revenue.
“I’m just glad we’ve got Mr. Roger in there,” said Lucas. “I’m proud of the job he does, because he keeps up with all of the taxes of Ware County. We’ve got a bunch of people in Ware County to keep up with. I appreciate what they do.”
Commissioners also accepted the Ware County Board of Education for FY26 millage rate of 13.730. The BOE is also rolling back its millage rate from FY25’s 14.0 by .270.
“That’s another savings for the county citizens,” said Lucas, who also made the motion to accept and adopt the BOE’s millage rate.
Commissioner Burse gave the second. Collins informed the commission the State Senate gave approval for Board of Education Departments an option to go as low as 10 mills for FY26.
