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Kennesaw staff explain new state ‘estimated rollback rate’ rule; council to place certification on consent
Summary
City staff briefed the council on a new 2025 state requirement (House Bill 581, as amended by House Bill 92) that requires cities to certify an estimated rollback rate ahead of county notices. Staff recommended certifying the current M&O millage of 7.75 and asked the council to place the certification on the consent agenda.
At a Kennesaw City Council work session Monday in April, city staff recommended the council certify an "estimated rollback rate" required by new state law and placed that certification on the consent agenda.
The estimated rollback rate requirement was created by House Bill 581 and clarified by House Bill 92, staff said. The rule requires cities to adopt and send an estimated rollback rate to counties 14 days before the county issues notices of assessment; the county in turn is pausing notices to let cities adopt the estimates. "The estimated rollback rate is a new…
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