The Cobb Board of Commissioners will hold three required public hearings in July on the proposed fiscal year 2021 budget and millage rate.
The board will be presented the proposed budget at a work session on July 13, to be followed by the first public hearing the following day at a regular meeting.
Cobb Commission Chairman Mike Boyce has said he will not be seeking a property tax rate increase from the current fiscal year 2020 general fund levy of 8.46 mills.
He’s advocating additional funding to continue implementing a step-and-grade salary structure for police officers, firefighters and other public safety personnel that got underway earlier this year.
That was before COVID-19 and expected drop in tax revenues due to a battered economy from business closures and job losses.
Boyce has said in the wake of those developments he would not be seeking merit increases for county employees, who got an across-the-board four-percent raise in the adopted FY 2020 budget of $475 million.
Here’s the full budget and millage rate public hearing schedule, and keep in mind there are three separate hearings each for the budget and millage rate:
- Monday, July 13, 1:30 p.m.—Recommended FY 2021 budget presented to commissioners at work session
- Tuesday, July 14, 9 a.m.—First public hearing
- Tuesday, July 21, 6:30 p.m.—Second public hearing
- Tuesday, July 28, 7 p.m.—Third public hearing and board adoption.
More Cobb budget information can be found here.
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