Real estate tax levy is 6.876 millage. The Ad Valorem millage rate levied by the county for county government purposes is 6.8665. Oakland County Commissioners threatened to stop Oakland County's participation in the DIA millage. The tax and millage rate increase applies to commercial property only and not residential. The millage tax rate remains one of the lowest of any municipality in Miami-Dade County. Homeowners are usually required to pay property tax (or millage tax) periodically. Winn was the first of three parishes to vote a library tax millage. A millage is levied for the department. The 20-year operating millage has been reauthorized twice by voters. In 1964 voters approved a charter millage that continues to indefinitely fund the college. Fulton County has lowered its general fund millage rate by 26% over an eight-year period. As of April 2015, the district's overall millage was 2.45 mills. The city residents passed a street repair millage of 4.22 on May 3, 2016. The millage increased from 17 mills to 18 mills. This millage rate is usually expressed as a multiple of 1/1000 of a dollar.