Cobb County government will be holding several open houses in September and October to provide information about the November referendum question about extending the county’s Special-Purpose Local-Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).
There will be six open houses in all, with one in East Cobb on Sept. 14 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Tim D. Lee Senior Center (3332 Sandy Plains Road).
County staff will be on hand to answer questions. The sessions will not be in a town hall format, according to information.
The other open houses are listed as follows:
- Monday, Sept. 14, 6:30-8 p.m.
Cobb County Civic Center
548 S. Marietta Parkway SE, Marietta - Tuesday, Sept. 22, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
David Hankerson Building, 2nd floor
100 Cherokee Street, Marietta - Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6:30-8 p.m.
Milford Recreation Center
675 Smyrna Powder Springs Road, Marietta - Thursday, Oct. 15, 6:30-8 p.m.
West Cobb Senior Center
4915 Dallas Highway, Powder Springs - Tuesday, Oct. 27, 5:30-6:30 p.m.Â
David Hankerson Building, 2nd floor
100 Cherokee Street, Marietta
The referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot is called the 2028 SPLOST because that’s when the extension period would begin. Cobb’s current one-percent sales tax expires Dec. 31, 2027, and collections are used for a variety of projects, including roads and transportation, public safety facilities, parks and libraries upgrades and maintenance and more.
The estimated collection for the 2028 SPLOST would be $1.15 billion, with $794 million going to Cobb government projects.
The project list was approved by commissioners in April, and includes a $20 million relocation of the East Cobb Library from Parkaire Landing Shopping Center to an unspecified site.
County officials said in January they would like to rebuild the East Cobb branch, the second-busiest in the Cobb system, on county-owned land.
Cobb has leased space for the East Cobb Library at Parkaire since 2010, after the branch previously was located at Merchants Walk Shopping Center.
The rental cost has been nearly $400,000 a year, and library officials say they need more space. The East Cobb Library has 17,000 square feet of space, and a request for the proposed new branch called for 28,000 square feet.
Another East Cobb project on the 2028 referendum list is an $8.2 million expansion of the Tim D. Lee Senior Center.
The 2028 SPLOST also would fund a new Cobb State Court building to cost $174 million; $130 million in road resurfacing projects; and $60 million for a new infirmary building at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.
For a detailed list of the 2028 SPLOST referendum project list, click here.
For more on the 2028 SPLOST in general, click here.
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