Sandy Springs tax hearings begin Oct. 20, with final property-tax rate still unset

Sandy Springs has adopted its fiscal 2027 budget, but a key tax decision remains: setting the final property-tax rate. Residents can weigh in at the first of three public hearings Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 1 Galambos Way.⁠[1]

The city's Oct. 7 notice says the budget requires a rate above the state's “rollback” benchmark. That benchmark accounts for property reassessments: the city describes it as the rate that would generate the same total revenue as last year's rate would have produced without those reassessments. An increase above that benchmark is not necessarily an increase in the tax rate compared with last year.⁠[1]

The size of the proposed change is less clear. The notice describes it as “.2635 percentage” above the rollback rate, but gives neither the proposed rate nor the rollback rate. It also supplies no revenue comparison or representative tax-bill calculation. That wording alone does not establish how much an individual homeowner's bill would change.⁠[1]

Two more hearings are scheduled Nov. 3, at 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., also at City Hall. The city identifies the evening session as the final public hearing and says the hearings give residents an opportunity to express their opinions on the increase.⁠[1]

The notice establishes a proposed levy and scheduled hearings—not adoption of a final tax rate. It does not identify when that final-rate decision will be made.⁠[1]