The current Cobb government SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) runs through the end of 2021, but on this year’s ballot a referendum may be included to extend the one-cent tax for six more years starting in 2022.
No project list has been made public yet, but Cobb government will be holding open houses starting next week through early May to get feedback from citizens.
The first meeting, in fact, will be held next Tuesday, March 3, at the Piedmont Church (570 Piedmont Road) in northeast Cobb.
The SPLOST pays for transportation projects, maintenance and technology upgrades for county government facilities (including parks, libraries and senior centers), public safety equipment and maintenance (here’s the January update for the current 2016 SPLOST) and related expenses.
The other meetings in East Cobb will be at East Cobb Library (April 1), the Tim D. Lee Senior Center (formerly the East Cobb Senior Center, April 14) and the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center (May 5).
The full schedule is listed below; all sessions run from 6-8 p.m. and times, dates and locations are subject to change (you can track them here).
The open houses will include potential projects to be considered (by county staff and commissioners) and will allow citizens to ask questions of department leaders and offer feedback and suggestions.
Cobb commissioners would have to pass a resolution to place a referendum on the November election ballot.
More on the SPLOST program can be found here; and the current 2016 SPLOST list of projects can be found here.
| Tuesday, March 4 | Piedmont Church | 570 Piedmont Road |
| Wednesday, March 4 | South Cobb Community Center | 620 Lions Club Drive, Mableton |
| Thursday, March 5 | Vinings Bank | 4135 Atlanta Road, Smyrna |
| Tuesday, March 10 | Acworth Community Center | 4361 Cherokee St., Acworth |
| Wednesday, March 11 | West Cobb Regional Library | 1750 Dennis Kemp Lane, Kennesaw |
| Wednesday, March 18 | Smyrna Community Center | 200 Village Green Circle, Smyrna |
| Thursday, March 19 | Ben Robertson Community Center | 2753 Watts Drive, Kennesaw |
| Wednesday, March 25 | Freeman Poole Senior Center | 4025 S. Hurt Road, Smyrna |
| Thursday, March 26 | Threadmill Complex | 5000 Austell-Powder Springs Road, Austell |
| Tuesday, March 31 | Shiloh Hills Church | 75 Hawkins Store Road, Kennesaw |
| Wednesday, April 1 | East Cobb Library | 4880 Lower Roswell Road |
| Thursday, April 2 | South Cobb Recreation Center | 875 Riverside Parkway, Austell |
| Tuesday, April 7 | St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church | 2160 Cooper Lake Road, Smyrna |
| Tuesday, April 14 | Tim D. Lee Senior Center | 3332 Sandy Plains Road |
| Wednesday, April 15 | Cobb County Civic Center | 548 South Marietta Parkway |
| Thursday, April 16 | Cobb Senior Services | 1150 Powder Springs St., Marietta |
| Tuesday, April 21 | Ron Anderson Recreation Center | 3820 Macedonia Road, Powder Springs |
| Wednesday, April 22 | West Cobb Senior Center | 4915 Dallas Highway, Powder Springs |
| Thursday, April 23 | North Cobb Senior Center | 3900 S. Main Street, Acworth |
| Tuesday, May 5 | Sewell Mill Library & Cultural Center | 2051 Lower Roswell Road |
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