A number of Cobb budget town halls will be held by Commission Chairman Mike Boyce in June, and the first will take place on June 18 at the East Cobb Senior Center.
The town hall starts at 7 p.m. The East Cobb Senior Center is located at 3322 Sandy Plains Road.
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The meetings will take place a month before the Cobb Board of Commissioners is expected to adopt a fiscal year 2019 budget.
Cobb budget officials are projecting a deficit between $30 million and $55 million, but thus far the only proposed cuts have been to the Cobb library system, including the possible closing of East Cobb Library.
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Boyce has been suggesting that the Cobb general fund millage rate of 6.76 may not be enough to fund the FY 2019 budget, but he hasn’t proposed an increase or specified what a sufficient levy may be.
That’s despite some good news last week from Cobb Tax Assessor’s Office that this year’s projected tax digest of $36 billion would be a record, and 7.5 percent higher than last year’s record of $33.6 billion.
Boyce has held several town halls meetings before at the East Cobb senior center, including last summer, when he unsuccessfully supported a millage rate to fund the 2008 Cobb parks bond referendum.
He also heard from seniors upset by the imposition of a membership fee to use Cobb senior centers and fee increases for programs and classes held at them.
Other budget town halls are scheduled for June 19 at the North Cobb Senior Center, June 20 at the Cobb Senior Wellness Center in Marietta, June 25 at the Freeman Poole Senior Center in Smyrna, June 27 at the West Cobb Senior Center and July 9 at the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center.
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