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August 14, 2014 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 18, No. 32
Fulton headed to court over 17% tax hike Fulton legislators file lawsuit hours after budget passes 4-3 By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com
The city of Johns Creek honors Leadership Johns Creek for its contributions to the city. Front row, from left, are LJC Board members Roger Wise, Cindy Eade, Dolores Ware, Leadership Executive Director Kathy Smith, Elizabeth Warren and Ronald Jones. Rear row are Councilmembers Lenny Zaprowski, Kelly Stewart, Mayor Mike Bodker and Councilmembers Cori Davenport and Brad Raffensperger.
Leadership Johns Creek recognized for contributions to quality of life Chamber-led citizen group develops new city leaders By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Since 2009, Leadership Johns Creek has labored under the assumption that while some leaders are born, it makes more sense to develop leadership in the community and tap into the city’s greatest natural resource – its citizens. Marking five years of community service, the Johns
Creek City Council recognized Aug. 4 the success of the Leadership Johns Creek program with a proclamation acknowledging the ongoing contributions of Leadership JC. Sponsored by the Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce, Leadership JC’s stated mission is: To develop, energize and activate community leaders in Johns Creek by providing insight into and interac-
tion with city, business and government relationships to affect positive change. That’s a mouthful way of saying if you get intelligent, active people to put their heads together for the good of the community, all kinds of good things can happen. Ron Jones, one of the founders and board member of the Leadership chapter in
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The showdown whether the state can single out Fulton County to limit its ability to raise taxes will now be settled in the courts. The Fulton Commission adopted Aug. 6 a General Fund millage rate of 11.781 mills, a 17 percent increase for property owners. The vote was 4-3 with commissioners Liz Hausmann, Joan Garner and Robb Pitts dissenting.
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That not only put the county in contravention of the General Assembly legislation barring Fulton from raising
See COURT, Page 4
Tax Increase With Standard $30,000 Fulton County Homestead Exemption Home Fair Market Value
Annual
Monthly
$100,000.00
$15.70
$1.31
$150,000.00
$47.10
$ 3.93
$200,000.00
$78.50
$6.54
$250,000.00
$109.90
$9.16
$300,000.00
$141.30
$11.78
$350,000.00
$172.70
$14.39
$400,000.00
$204.10
$17.01
$450,000.00
$235.50
$19.63
$500,000.00
$266.90
$22.24
The table above provides an estimate of the annual and monthly increase for properties with the standard Fulton County homestead exemption of $30,000.