Dear Candidates,
First let us say thank you for your interest in serving the community, community works better when people decide to get involved and work together.
Camden Watchdog will host a forum at their next regular scheduled meeting at 7:00 on Oct.19th at Citizens State Bank in Kingsland. We would like to invite you to be part of this forum.
Please list 2 main issues you feel are the most critical at this time for the betterment of your post and how you plan to achieve these issues when elected.
We will ask for public questions during this forum. We will be working within a limited time frame so please keep your answers specific.
We are looking forward to seeing you at our next Watchdog meeting.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact either Winston Barlow at 552-1820 or Rindy Howell at 882-4645.
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Thursday night I attended the Board of Assessors meeting in Woodbine. Earlier in February of this year a group of concerned citizens voiced their outrage about early reports of reassessments of properties in Camden County. This group was characterized by the Tax Assessors Office as a “small group of disgruntled taxpayers”. As of September 17, 2009, 5,165 appeals have been filed suggesting that the ability of the Tax Assessors Office to estimate just how many folks are very disgruntled may be similar to their ability to estimate the value of property in Camden County.
Total Number of Appeals 5165 $349,317,073
Appeals in “Active” Status 4805
Appeals in “21day” Status 350 $32,410,388
Appeals in Binding Arbitration 10
K-Map Appeals 179 3%
S-Map Appeals 436 8%
W-Map Appeals 69 1%
Total Number of Assessment Notices Sent 30,006
Tom Cyphers
Filed under Property Tax by
AGENDA
- TAX
- Tax Digest1. City Responsibility/Authority
- Millage
- Payment Plans
- Reject Digest
- Duplication of Services
- Consolidation versus Regionalization
- House Bill
- Extend, modify, and/or create a house bill to protect the City of St. Marys residents from unfair increased valuations.
Filed under Property Tax, Saint Marys, GA by
The millage rate history from 2003 until current is now on www.CamdenWatchdog.com
Here is the link:
http://www.camdenwatchdog.com/camden-county-ga-st-marys-ga-millage-rate-history/
Thanks goes to John Morrissey for gathering the history and putting together the
spreadsheet !!!!
Filed under Camden County Georgia, Property Tax, Saint Marys, GA by
Competitive Offerings Research For Laurel Island (PDF)
This is a study done by the Parker Group (http://www.parkerassociates.com)
To attempt to summarize this report I pulled the following paragraph out of the property impact section of the report:
While developments examined include some of the most highly-amenitized
coastal properties in the eastern United States, development plans for Laurel
Island include nearly every marquee amenity observed in the competitive
marketplace. This, coupled with a diverse mix of residential products,
constitutes a significant advantage over most developments examined
Filed under Laurel Island, Saint Marys, GA by
Attn: Taxpayers of Camden County
Assessment notices will go out in the mail on July 24, 2009. Please carefully review your assessment notice when you receive it.
If you have "Homestead" on your property, your "Frozen Homestead" value will also be listed on your notice. The "Frozen Homestead" value is the value that you are taxed on for county taxes.
If you have any questions or comments concerning your notice please contact the Tax Assessor's office at (912) 576-3241. Office hours are Monday – Friday, 9:00a.m. – 5:00p.m.
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