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Cobb County raises wholesale wastewater rates and approves multiple infrastructure contracts
Summary
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved a 3.5% increase to wholesale wastewater treatment rates effective May 1, 2025, and voted 4-0 to authorize several transportation, drainage and facilities contracts, grant submissions and procurement actions.
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to raise the county water system’s wholesale wastewater treatment rates by 3.5%, effective May 1, 2025, and to approve a series of transportation, drainage and facilities contracts and procurements.
County staff said the 3.5% wholesale increase aligns with a December retail rate change and will apply to municipalities that deliver wastewater to Cobb for treatment, including the cities of Austell, Marietta and Smyrna. The board approved the rate change and a schedule of annual increases through Jan. 1, 2029.
The rate recommendation came from county water system staff during the water system tab of the meeting. Commissioners approved the change 4-0 following a motion and a second recorded on the agenda.
In the transportation and capital projects portion of the meeting, the board approved an intergovernmental agreement with the city of Powder Springs, not to exceed $75,000, for resurfacing on Carter Road; a contract with D and H…
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