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The millage decision: hold the rate or raise $26 million

The council's annual property tax vote is the revenue side of the mayor's budget math.

Delphine Rousseau, City Hall reporter · Sep 25, 2026
The millage decision: hold the rate or raise $26 million
A Garden District home. The millage rate applies to assessed values across the city, and the council's fall vote sets it.