NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET
AND PROPOSED TAX LEVIES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR FOR LONG BEACH, MISSISSIPPI
The City of Long Beach, Mississippi, will hold a public hearing on its proposed budget and proposed tax levies for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025 and ending September 30, 2026, on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at 5:00 o’clock p.m. in the City Hall Meeting Room, 201 Jeff Davis Avenue, Long Beach, Mississippi, 39560.
The City of Long Beach is now operating with projected total budget revenue of $22,245,633; 34% or $7,475,184 of such revenue is obtained through ad valorem taxes. For the next fiscal year, the proposed budget has total projected revenue of $22,947,387. Of that amount, 34% or $7,819,549 is proposed to be financed through a total ad valorem tax levy.
The decision to not increase the total ad valorem tax millage rate for fiscal year October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, means you will not pay more in ad valorem taxes on your home, automobile tag, utilities, business fixtures and equipment and rental real property, unless the assessed value of your property has increased for fiscal year October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026.
A millage rate of 52.27 will produce the same amount of revenue from ad valorem taxes as was collected the prior year. The millage rate for the prior year was 53.63.
Any citizen of the City of Long Beach, Mississippi, is invited to attend this public hearing on the proposed budget and tax levies for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026 and will be allowed to speak for a reasonable amount of time and offer tangible evidence before any vote is taken.
