On Monday afternoon the Cobb Board of Commissioners will hear a number of presentations, including an update from Chairman Mike Boyce on the Cobb budget process, at a regularly scheduled work session.
The work session begins at 1:30 p.m. in the second floor boardroom of the Cobb BOC Building, 100 Cherokee St., in downtown Marietta.
Cobb commissioners have been holding initial discussions on what’s become a projected $30 million budget hole for fiscal year 2019.
The Cobb government fiscal year runs Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, but Boyce has said he wants to get an early start on tackling that deficit. He has said he will be holding town hall meetings around the county in early 2018 to solicit public feedback.
Boyce has had a rocky first year in office, in terms of budgeting and taxes. His proposal to raise the millage rate to fund the 2008 Cobb parks referendum was rejected by commissioners, especially after a heated town hall meeting at the East Cobb Senior Center.
In passing Boyce’s $402 million FY budget in September, commissioners used nearly $20 million in contingency money and temporarily delayed funding county non-profit agencies and the new Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center.
Another item on Monday’s work session agenda includes updated information on the county’s first-ever master plan for greenways and trails.
Cobb DOT commissioned an Atlanta engineering, architectural and design firm to conduct public meetings around the county, including the East Cobb Library and Covenant Presbyterian Church, to find ways to connect assorted bike and pedestrian paths and other multi-use trails (see previous East Cobb News post here).
The DOT was expected to report back near the end of the year with results from “stakeholder” and citizen surveys and recommendations.
On Tuesday, the commissioners will hold a business meeting, also at 7 p.m. in the same room. The top items on the agenda include a proposal to charge for Saturday parking at the county-run decks in downtown Marietta.
Cobb government charges a flat $5 rate Monday-Friday to use the lots at 115 Waddell Street and 191 Lawrence Street. The proposal would charge the same $5 rate for Saturday parking, but Sunday parking would remain free. The changes would go into effect Jan. 8, 2018.
Also on the agenda is a proposal to formally adopt the 2040 Cobb County Comprehensive Plan.
The recognitions at Tuesday’s meeting include the Dickerson Middle School Percussion Ensemble, which has been selected to perform in the Music For All National Percussion Festival in Indianapolis in March 2018.
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