The Rome City Commission hereby announces that the M&O millage rate for the Rome City Schools for fiscal year 2025-2026 will be established at the Commission meeting on August 11th, 2025 at 6:30 pm. in the commission chambers at City Hall, 601 Broad Street. The 2025-2026 figures are preliminary at the present time. Pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. 48-5-32, the city hearby publishes the following schedule of the current year's tax digest and levy, in addition to the past five years' tax digest and levy. Both the tax digest and tax levy include Tax Allocation District growth and Tax Allocation District tax levy. The information applies only to the operations of the school system.
| Current 2025 Tax Digest and 5-year History of Levy |
| School Digest and Levy | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Preliminary
2025 |
| Real & Personal Property** | 1,331,347,174 | 1,465,491,870 | 1,579,586,037 | 1,809,691,617 | 2,016,722,632 | 2,139,811,473 |
Public Utilities
| 35,272,903 | 38,239,179 | 39,872,343 | 37,991,234 | 39,698,132 | 45,989,163 |
Motor Vehicles
| 12,214,470 | 10,364,920 | 9,434,190 | 8,732,590 | 8,088,210 | 7,147,410 |
Mobile Homes
| 125,929 | 123,871 | 123,871 | 118,497 | 118,497 | 114,682 |
| Timber and Heavy Equipment | 100 | 0 | 42,868 | 71,102 | 38,206 | 29,153 |
| Forest Land Protection Grant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gross Digest
| 1,378,960,576 | 1,514,219,840 | 1,629,059,309 | 1,856,605,040 | 2,064,665,677 | 2,193,091,881 |
| Less City Exemptions | 67,326,772 | 65,545,336 | 90,480,697 | 86,388,301 | 97,943,462 | 76,846,017 |
| Net School Exemptions | 78,470,551 | 80,200,223 | 82,378,565 | 88,307,604 | 90,897,179 | 136,221,707 |
Net School Digest
| $ 1,233,163,253 | $ 1,368,474,281 | $ 1,456,200,047 | $ 1,681,909,135 | $ 1,875,825,036 | $ 1,980,024,157 |
| Net School M&O Millage Rate | 17.45 | 17.45 | 17.25 | 16.85 | 16.75 | 16.75 |
Net Taxes Levied
| $ 21,518,699 | $ 23,879,876 | $ 25,119,451 | $ 28,340,169 | $ 31,420,069 | $ 33,165,404 |
| Net Taxes $ Increase | $ 1,222,320 | $ 2,361,177 | $ 1,239,575 | $ 3,220,718 | $ 3,079,900 | $ 1,745,335 |
Net Taxes % Increase
| 6.02% | 10.97% | 5.19% | 12.82% | 10.87% | 5.55% |
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| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| "School Pilot Payments" | $ 234,866 | $ 86,142 | $ 55,116 | $ 64,659 | $ - | $ 116,716 |