![]() ![]() THE TAX COMMISSIONER EXPLAINED, THIS WOULD REDUCE THE TAXES ON A $100,000 PIECE OF PROPERTY FROM $508 TO $363,A TAX SAVINGS OF $185. THIS WOULD BE A ROLLBACK OF 4.63 MILLS, LOWERING THE MILLAGE RATE OF 12.72 MILLS TO 8.09 MILLS, REDUCING THE ESTIMATED TAX LEVY FROM $8.2 MILLION TO $5.2 MILLION, A DECREASE OF 2.9 MILLION. IN A LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN, UPSON COUNTY TAX COMMISSIONER BERRY COOK SAID 4.63 MILLS GENERATES $3 MILLION BASED ON THE CURRENT COUNTY WIDE NET TAX DIGEST. COUNTY FINANCE OFFICER RONALD VAN HOUTEN SUGGESTED TO THE BOARD, THAT THE FUNDS BE PLACED IN A SEGREGATED ACCOUNT. ![]() OF THE $2 MILLION, 1.7 IS FROM THE 4-LANE PROJECT ON 36 EAST TO 1-75 THAT NEVER HAPPENED, AND THE CHAIRMAN STRESSED, THIS IS A ONE TIME DEAL, FOR ONE YEAR, THAT IS ALLOWED AT THE END OF A SPLOST. AT TUESDAY’S MEETING THE BOARD AGREED TO A ROLLBACK OF 4.63 MILLS IN 2011. UPSON COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN MAURICE RAINES CALLED IT A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR CITIZENS FOR 2011, $2 MILLION IN TAX RELIEF FROM THE OVERAGE OF THE 2005 SPLOST, AND IT COULD BE MORE. HAMMACK, ALLEN HILL WILL NOT BE RETAINED, HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO SMELLING THE ROSES FOR A WHILE. MATTEWS ALSO HAS ANOTHER FACILILTY ON THE SOUTHSIDE AT THE ATLANTA AIRPORT. THE NEW OWNER WILL NOT HAVE AN OFFICE IN THOMASTON BUT WOULD DISPATCH CREWS FROM THE ASPHAULT PLANT IN SPALDING COUNTY OWNED BY HILL CONSTRUCTION. HAMMACK SAID INTERVIEWS ARE UNDERWAY WITH HILL EMPLOYEES TO BE HIRED BY MATTEWS. HAMMACK SAID HIS FIRM IS LOOKING FORWARD TO ASSUMING CONTROL OF THE COMPANY BUILT BY ALLEN HILL AND HIS LATE FATHER, COOPER HILL, A MAYOR OF THOMASTON. MATTEWS, BASED IN MARIETTA HAS BEEN IN THE ROAD BUILDING BUSINESS FOR DECADES, FOUNDED IN 1946. MATTEWS IS CURRENTLY DOING ITS DUE DILIGENCE AND HOPES TO CLOSE THE DEAL BY THE END OF THE YEAR. PRESIDENT BILL HAMMACK TOLD TGA NEWS TUESDAY C. MATTEWS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF MARIETTA HAS SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT TO PURCHASE HILL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. A LEGACY UPSON COUNTY COMPANY IS BEING SOLD. ![]()
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