The City of Suwanee began the new fiscal year on July 1, 2022 with a $16 million balanced operating budget. This year’s budget represents a 6.9% increase in operating expenditures as compared to FY2022 amended budget.

Suwanee’s $16 million FY2023 budget includes:

• 116 full-time and 12 part-time positions, including one new full-time and one new part-time position
• Implementation of the Compensation Study completed in June 2022
• 3% group health insurance renewal
• Developing and implementing a new co-responder Police program
• Facilities and right-of-way maintenance program, $551,000
• $442,000 capital funding

After analyzing the 2022 tax consolidation information provided by Gwinnett County, the City of Suwanee is proposing that the millage rate remain at 4.93 mills, the same rate adopted by the city the past ten years. This proposed millage rate of 4.93 is a rollback millage rate increase of .771 mills, an 18.54% increase in property taxes based on market value growth.

City Council is expected to adopt the FY2023 millage rate at its regular August 23 meeting. The city will hold three public hearings at City Hall on August 11 at 5:30 pm, and August 23 at noon and 6:30 pm before adopting the millage rate.

Click here to view the City of Suwanee’s FY2023 budget.