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Cobb County presents proposed millage; finance staff recommends keeping general fund rate flat at 8.46 mills
Summary
At a July 16 special meeting, Cobb County finance staff recommended keeping the county's general fund millage flat at 8.46 mills and reducing the fire fund 0.02 mills to 2.97. County officials held a second public hearing on the 2025 property tax millage; adoption is scheduled for July 22.
Cobb County held a second public hearing July 16 on the 2025 proposed property tax increase as required by Georgia law, and finance staff recommended leaving the county's general fund millage unchanged at 8.46 mills while trimming the fire fund rate slightly from 2.99 to 2.97 mills.
The hearing focused on the county's four millage rates: the general fund, the fire district fund, the Cumberland Special Services District (CSSD) Fund 2 and the 6 Flags Special Services District. The Deputy Finance Director said the county recommends keeping the general fund and CSSD2 millage flat at 8.46 and 2.45 mills respectively, reducing the fire fund 0.02 mills to 2.97, and setting 0 mills for the 6 Flags district because Cobb County no longer collects that levy following the creation of the city of Mableton. The deputy finance official also told the board the county's net taxable digest grew 3.39% in 2025 after exemptions were applied.
Why it matters: The millage setting now governs taxes billed this fall for services that already have been delivered this…
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