MOULTRIE – At Tuesday night’s meeting the County Commission set its millage rate for the year at 9.974 for the unincorporated area and 13.383 for the incorporated area.

The previous year’s millage rate for unincorporated was 11.229 and for incorporated 13.832.

County Administrator Chas Cannon told the county commissioners that everything had a full roll-back rate except for the Special Service District.

“The rationale behind that is to kind of keep pace with the cost of the new fire trucks that we purchased. … Or that the Volunteer Fire Department has purchased,” he said.

The millage rates for the other entities are for the Special Service District, 1.212; for the Economic Development Authority, 0.228; and for the Parks and Recreation Authority, 1.484.

Cannon said, “Third lowest in the state, right?” to County Finance Director David Zeanah, who confirmed that it was.

The Colquitt County Board of Education set its millage rate earlier this month at 8.190 and the City of Moultrie set its millage rate Tuesday night at 7.9.