Suwannee County cuts tax rate for first time in 12 years

Commission drops millage from 9 to 8.8.

  • Suwannee County Commissioner Franklin White suggested an 8.8-mill tax rate in order to provide some relief to county property owners at Monday’s final budget hearing at the Judicial Annex.(JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
    Suwannee County Commissioner Franklin White suggested an 8.8-mill tax rate in order to provide some relief to county property owners at Monday’s final budget hearing at the Judicial Annex.(JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

    Suwannee County property owners will see a reduced millage rate in the upcoming fiscal year.

    At its final budget hearing, the Suwannee County Commission reduced the tax rate from 9 mills, where it had …