GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—On Tuesday night, Goose Creek City Council passed first reading of an ordinance that would increase property taxes by five mills beginning next year. According to Goose Creek Finance Director Ron Faretra, the millage increase amounts to $619,605. “Someone living in a $150,000 house who paid $243 in city property taxes this year would pay $273 next year,” he stated. […]