The City Council set the 2026 rate at 3.434 mills, the rollback rate, not the 3.492 it advertised. The parks bond rate also fell, to 0.247 mills.
The Johns Creek City Council on Monday adopted the rollback rate for city property taxes in 2026. That means no city tax increase under Georgia law.
The council set the rate for maintenance and operations at 3.434 mills. It had advertised 3.492 mills, the same rate as last year. The council also set the parks bond rate at 0.247 mills, down from the 0.250 mills staff had recommended.
Both decisions are recorded in the city’s Oct. 26 meeting summary. The summary lists Council Member Bob Erramilli as absent. It does not give the vote count.
What the rollback rate is
Fulton County reassessed property this year, and values went up. Georgia then requires each government to work out a rollback rate: the rate that would bring in the same money as last year once those reassessments are taken out. Keeping last year’s rate counts as a tax increase.
The city’s presentation at Monday’s hearing set out the choice:
| Maintenance and operations | Parks bond | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 rate | 3.492 mills | 0.250 mills |
| 2026 rollback rate | 3.434 mills | 0.247 mills |
| Adopted Oct. 26 | 3.434 mills | 0.247 mills |
A mill is $1 of tax for every $1,000 of assessed value. In Georgia, assessed value is 40% of market value. The combined city rate falls from 3.742 mills to 3.681.
The rate has fallen or held every year since 2021, according to the city’s five-year history of levy: 3.986 mills in 2021 and 2022, 3.646 in 2023 and 2024, and 3.492 in 2025.
What it costs the city
The same presentation says:
- At the rollback rate, the city expects to collect $125,556 less than its adopted budget assumes, after appeals and unpaid taxes.
- At 3.492 mills, it would have collected $19,813 more than the budget assumes.
- The tax digest rose $125 million, or 1.92%, to $6.63 billion. Reassessment added $111 million and growth such as new homes and businesses added $14 million.
- Property tax is 28% of the city’s general fund revenue.
Staff had described 0.250 mills as the amount needed to cover the annual payment on the parks bond. The meeting summary does not say how the difference will be met.
Also decided Monday
The council approved its consent agenda, according to the summary. The agenda packet sets out what that covers:
- Food trucks at the Boardwalk. A 12-month pilot letting food trucks and pushcarts sell at The Boardwalk at Town Center, with a permit fee of $50 a quarter. Our food truck pilot story has the rules.
- Medlock Bridge Road Trail. A $623,877 contract with Barge Design Solutions for full engineering of a trail on Medlock Bridge Road, between the Chattahoochee River and Bobby Jones Drive. Staff put the trail’s total cost at about $3.25 million. A $400,000 Georgia Department of Transportation grant and the city’s share of the current transportation sales tax pay for the design work so far.
- Fire Station 61. A budget amendment moving $272,000 left over from the finished Fire Station 63 project to engineering and architectural work for a renovation of Fire Station 61.
The council also appointed Keisha Martin Chambless as assistant judge and judge pro tem of the Johns Creek Municipal Court.
What it means for you
- The city share of your bill does not rise. The city’s Sept. 23 notice put the proposed increase at about $14.15 on a $625,000 home with a homestead exemption. At the rollback rate, that increase does not happen. Your own figure depends on your assessed value and exemptions.
- The city is only one line on the bill. In 2025, the school rate was 17.08 mills and the Fulton County rate 8.87 mills, according to the city’s presentation. The county kept 8.87 mills for 2026. Our tax hearings page has the county’s decision and five years of city rates.
- The trail money is on the ballot. The Medlock Bridge design draws on the transportation sales tax that voters are asked to renew Nov. 3. See our TSPLOST renewal guide for where to vote early.
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