Page 10 - Camden County Annual Report 2015

Millage Rate

All real and personal property is valued as of January 1st of each year. The County Tax Assessor’s Office assesses all property with the ex-
ception of vehicles and public utilities, which are assessed by the State of Georgia. A homestead exemption is allowed for each taxpayer every
year, once applied for and granted. The amount of the exemption is $4,000 of the assessed value of the property. In addition, there are exemp-
tions for many other areas of property relief with the largest being the frozen values based on property values from 2006. The assessed proper-
ty listing is submitted to the Tax Commissioner to prepare the tax digest from the assessed values.

Once the final digest is prepared, the Board of Commissioners sets a millage rate based on the revenues required to satisfy the budget. Once
adopted, the millage rate and digest are submitted to the State of Georgia’s Department of Revenue for compliance and approval. A millage
rate history is shown in the chart below. *Municipalities within Camden County impose a millage rate established by their governing body which
is NOT reflected in the county tax bill. The diagram shown does not include any exemptions that may be available.

*The Board of Education establishes a separate millage rate which DOES appear on your county tax bill, but is not reflected below. *The
millage rate for State taxes is 0.05 for 2015. By 2016 State taxes will no longer be collected for property taxes. **Property within incorporated
areas of Camden County is not subject to the unincorporated tax district tax levy.

TAX YEAR *UNINCORP TAX COUNTY GOVT. JDA TOTAL UNINCORP
DISTRICT COUNTY LEVY
2015 11.94 1.00
2014 **0.67 11.94 1.00 13.61

**0.67 13.61

Public Works began a new program this year which This 2004 Refurbished Motor Grader cost the
involves using liner pipes on cross drain replacements and county $169,493.00. In comparison, to purchase a
repairs. This program allows the area under the roadbed to brand new Motor Grader, the cost would have
be repaired by inserting the plastic liner into an existing, been $301,574.00. That is a total savings to the
damaged concrete or metal pipe. In turn, this saves on the tax payers of $132,081.00.
cost of materials, road closures, and man power and also
helps to increase the water flow. This new program cuts Public Works
about 70% of the project cost compared to the
conventional way. Pothole Repairs 57
Ditches Cleaned 57
Camden County Public Works consist Work Order Requests 508
of Capital Improvements and Roads & Fix It Forms 29
Bridges. Capital Improvements include Roads Graded 10,126 miles
new building design and construction, Roads Resurfaced 2.9 miles
and new renovations. The Public Roads Paved 3
Works Department has 20 positions Paved Roads Maintained 167 miles
including the Director and 2 office staff. Unpaved Roads Maintained 128 miles
Miles of Public Road 295 miles
The dirt road rebuild program (see the Emergency Calls 49
photo to left) involves building up the Dirt Road Build Up (49 roads) 12.5 miles
road bed and upgrading drainage Beaver Dams Removed 47
pipes. This program has been used on Total # of Roads Maintained 390
7 different road projects in the county
this year.

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