State Establishes New Certified Property Tax Rates for Cities and DeKalb County

May 27, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The county and cities may soon get down to finalizing their proposed budgets for the 2021-22 fiscal year now that they know what their new certified property tax rates are going to be.

The latest reappraisal cycle has been completed and the state has set the certified tax rates for each city and county according to overall changes in assessments.

Typically, when overall appraisals for a county go up, the certified tax rate comes down. Of course its up to the county commission and the city councils whether to adopt the new lower certified property tax rates or raise them. However public hearings are required by the state before any effort is made by the county or cities to increase the rates above the certified rates.

Change of assessment notices were mailed out last month in DeKalb County and many property owners saw increases in their appraisal value. But Assessor of Property Shannon Cantrell said based on the new certified tax rates that does not necessarily mean increases when the tax bills come due this fall.

“DeKalb County is on a five-year reappraisal cycle, which means sales over the previous four years are analyzed to come up with the new value for the fifth year”, said Cantrell. “Most real property owners will see an increase in their appraisal due to the high sale prices over the past four years. But just because your appraisal value may have increased does not necessarily mean that your property tax bill will increase. Typically, in a reappraisal year, the DeKalb County Commission would decrease the tax rate to bring in the same revenue as the prior year. The tax rate is set each year by the county commission based upon budgetary needs,” he said

In the case of DeKalb County the new certified property tax rate is $1.7308 per $100 of assessed value, down from the current rate of $2.12350.

For the cities, Smithville’s new certified property tax rate is 0.7523 cents per $100 of assessed value, down from the current rate of 0.8990 cents.

In Alexandria the new certified tax rate is 0.5666 cents per $100 of assessed value, down from 0.7944 cents.

Liberty’s new certified property tax rate is 0.1422 cents per $100 of assessed value, down from the current rate of 0.18990 cents.

If you have any questions about your appraisal you may schedule a meeting with the DeKalb County Board of Equalization which will be meeting Tuesday June 1 through Friday June 4, and again on Monday June 7 from 8:30AM to 4:00PM. Call (615) 597-5925.

May 27, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County High School has named the outstanding underclassmen for the year

These students were voted on by DCHS faculty and staff based on student work ethic, character, and citizenship:

Freshmen – Abby Cross and Conner Close

Sophomores – Jacklyn Kleparek and Brett Walker

Juniors – Jenna Cantrell and Brayden Tubbs

May 27, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

A Memorial Day observance will be held outside the courthouse on Monday, May 31 to remember fallen soldiers and honor current or past Veterans of all armed United States Services. The program begins at 9:45 a.m. with patriotic music followed at 10:00 a.m. with a prayer by Larry Green, a poem by Jan Thomas, music by Susan Hinton, laying of a wreath at the veterans monument by soldiers past and present, and taps by Mallorie Hamilton. Everyone is invited!

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