Cobb school board to hold tax digest public hearings in July

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The Cobb Board of Education will conduct required public hearings on July 8 regarding the Cobb County Tax Digest for 2021.

The hearings will take place at 11:30 a.m. and 6:05 p.m. in the board room of the CCSD Central Office, 514 Glover St., in Marietta.

Earlier this month the Cobb school board adopted a fiscal year 2022 budget of nearly $1.5 billion that takes effect on Thursday (details here), keeping the property tax millage rate at 18.9 mills.

The board also is obligated to conduct public hearings on the tax digest, which is finalized in July.

The preliminary projection of the 2021 Cobb tax digest, and that was worked into the adopted budget, is for growth of 5.5 percent.

Here’s more about how public commenters can address the board:

The Board requests that speakers maintain appropriate decorum and that comments remain focused and respectful. See Board Policy BCBI. Any person who willfully violates the guidelines found in Board Policy BCBI may forfeit the remainder of their speaking time and may face additional sanctions. Public commentary may be filmed, photographed, recorded and/or edited by the District or other non-District media sources.
Individuals desiring to appear before the Board MUST sign-in and present a valid ID proving residency or property ownership in Cobb County. The sign-in session begins 40 minutes prior to the posted board meeting start times and closes exactly 10 minutes before the meeting starts with NO exceptions.