Deannexation request runs up against city resistance

  • Together, all parcels represented almost 3,264 acres at a total taxable value of more than $3.04 million in 2023, which accounted for approximately $25,865 in payable city taxes last year. (CONTRIBUTED)
    Together, all parcels represented almost 3,264 acres at a total taxable value of more than $3.04 million in 2023, which accounted for approximately $25,865 in payable city taxes last year. (CONTRIBUTED)

    Eatonton City Council’s scheduled July 15 meeting was dominated by a presentation from Ted Baggett of The Baggett Consulting Agency about de-annexation applications submitted in May and July last year by eight local landholders regarding ten parcels of land currently within city limits.

    Together, all parcels represented almost 3,264 acres at a total taxable value of more than $3.04 million in 2023,…