What Is a Millage Rate?
A mill is $1 of tax for every $1,000 of taxable value. Here's how one mill becomes your bill, who sets the rate in Macon-Bibb, and how to do the math on your own home.
What Does the Bibb County Board of Education Actually Do?
The elected body that runs Bibb County's public schools — what it controls, who sits on it, and how to weigh in.
What Is the Macon Water Authority?
The Macon Water Authority is a separate state-chartered agency — not a county department — that runs water, sewer, and stormwater for Macon-Bibb County under a seven-member board.
What is a budget?
A plain-English walk through how Macon-Bibb decides where its money goes — and how you can see every dollar of the just-adopted FY27 budget for yourself.
What Does the Macon-Bibb Board of Commissioners Actually Do?
The nine-member commission is the legislative branch of Macon-Bibb County government. They pass the ordinances that shape zoning, budgets, public safety, and infrastructure — here is how it works.