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SOUTHBRIDGE SERVICE DELIVERY/COST COMPARISON |
| House/property… |
$400,000 |
| Automobiles (x2)… |
$30,000 |
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UNINCORPORATED COUNTY |
GARDEN CITY |
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Service Delivery Component |
Service Delivery Source |
Annual Cost |
Service Delivery Source |
Annual Cost |
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Property Taxes |
Special Service District Property Tax |
$ 556 |
City Property Tax |
$ - |
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Motor Vehicle Taxes |
Special Service District Motor Vehicle Tax |
42 |
City Motor Vehicle Tax |
- |
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Fire Protection |
Southside Fire Department |
308 |
Southside Fire Department |
308 |
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Police Protection |
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police & various off-duty police officers |
100 |
Garden City Police |
- |
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Water |
City of Savannah / Consolidated Utilities |
313 |
City of Savannah / Consolidated Utilities |
313 |
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Sewer |
City of Savannah / Consolidated Utilities |
714 |
City of Savannah / Consolidated Utilities |
714 |
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Solid Waste |
Weekly trash collection No curbside recycling |
478 |
Weekly trash collection
Bi-Monthly curbside recycling |
194 |
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Dry Trash Pick-up |
Chatham County |
43 |
Garden City |
- |
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Street/Drainage Maintenance |
Chatham County |
- |
Garden City |
57 |
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Street Lighting |
Chatham County |
36 |
Garden City |
- |
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TOTAL: |
$ 2,590 |
TOTAL: |
$ 1,586 |
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DIFFERENCE/YEAR = $1,004 |
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ASSUMPTIONS: |
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MILLAGE RATES: |
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Unincorporated Chatham County = 3.475 |
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City of Garden City = 0 |
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The value of each vehicle is assumed to be $15,000 |
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Comparison includes Southside Fire Department rate for building only (assumes a land value of $75,000 for a $400,000 home) |
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Southbridge HOA annual expenditure of $130,000 for off-duty police protection divided by 1300 residential units is used to generate annual cost per household of $100 |
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Water & Sewer usage is estimated at 30 CCF's per bi-monthly billing cycle charged at the outside City of Savannah rate of 1.5x inside City rates |
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Waste Management cost for once-a-week curbside pick-up is $29.84/month + a variable fuel surcharge & environmental/administrative charges estimated at $10/month |
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An annual dry trash pick-up fee of $42.50 in the Unincorporated County went into effect July 1, 2009 |
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Garden City charges a monthly stormwater user fee of $4.75 per REU (residential equivalent unit) which is considered to be 3,000 square feet of impervious surface |
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Street lighting is a $36 special tax annually paid to Chatham County |