CITY OF  Cleveland GEORGIA  Cleveland City Council Called Meeting Minutes Friday,July 28, 2023 - 6:30 P.M. Cleveland Community Center/Police Department 342 Campbell Street, Cleveland, GA  1. Callto Order  Mayor Turner called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.  PRESENT:  Mayor Josh Turner, Council Members Nan Bowen, Rebecca Yardley (Mayor Pro Tem), Also present were City Administrator Kevin Harris, City Attorney Keith Whitaker, and  Jeremy McClure, and C.J. McDonald  City Clerk Lisa Ritchie 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Approve Agenda  Motion by Council Member Yardley, seconded by Council Member McClure, and  voted, unanimously, to approve the agenda.  PUBLIC HEARING  Mayor Turner stated the purpose of the hearing is to hear comments from the public to help the Mayor and Council determine the millage rate for the city for the 2023-  2024 budget year. He stated the following:  Following assessments from the Board of Assessors, municipalities and counties are required to have hearings unless the jurisdiction automatically An notice of property tax increase is required due to a possible increase because even a drop in the millage rate without taking the full rollback will still increase property taxes because of the growth of the net tax digest over  approves the full rollback.  the past 12 months.    City staff initiated the process by advertising the intent to retain the current millage rate of 5.056 to allow the Council to consider the following options:  Retaining the current rate Approving a partial rollback Approving a full rollback  With an advertised rate of 5.056, the Council will take no action that would result in a higher millage rate than the rate as advertised in the county's Retaining the millage rate will result in an increase of .456 mills over the The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $150,000 will be approximately $17.10 and for a home with a fair market value of Notice has been posted as required by state law at City Hall and submitted to local media outlets including the county's legal organ as well as the city's  legal organ. rollback rate.  $250,000 it will be approximately $28.50.  website.  4. Third Public Hearing 2023 Millage Rate and Digest  Mr. Harris presented the proposed options for the 2023 millage rate. He discussed the  following:  Real property tax  Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) Collections General Fund department expenditures  Georgia Department of Revenue information regarding the decrease to tax  revenues  The 2023 Tax Digest and 5 Year History of Levy  Existing needs of the city  Mayor Turner gave the Public Hearing instructions.  Tedi Boling, 575 Campbell Street, addressed the Mayor and Council Members stating  that she is in favor of a partial rollback. Mayor Turner closed the Public Hearing.  ADJOURN  Motion by Council Member McDonald, seconded by Council Member Bowen and voted, unanimously, to adjourn the City Council's Called Meeting of July 28, 2023at  6:38 p.m.    Ahaaf  AIhh Jeremy McClure  Josh Turner  Mayor  Council Member Ward3  Man have Nan Bowen  cmur CJ.McDonald  Council Member Ward1  Council Member Ward 4  Rubecia Rebecca Yardley   32LR  Council Slpu4ly Wald2 Mayor Pro Tem  Lisa A. Ritchie  City Clerk