The Athens City Council held the first of two public hearings on a proposed tax increase Monday night, Aug. 25.
No one spoke during the hearing.
The ad valorem tax rate is remaining the same this year (.645140 per $100 valuation), but because property values in the city have gone up the city expects to collect about an extra $122,000 in property taxes.
Last year, the city’s tax increase was about $159,000.