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Cobb commissioners approve intergovernmental agreements with City of Mableton for GIS and zoning review
Summary
After brief questions about billing and tracking of billable hours, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved two intergovernmental agreements to provide GIS services and zoning application review for the newly incorporated City of Mableton, with staff to supply monthly invoices and tracking spreadsheets.
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners on March 11 approved two intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) with the City of Mableton to provide geographic information system (GIS) services and to perform zoning application review, plan review and development inspection on behalf of the new city. Commissioners pulled the items from the consent agenda for brief discussion before voting 4–0 to approve both IGAs.
Commissioners asked how Cobb would track billable hours and provide transparency to Mableton and to the commission. Alicia (first name not stated for the presenter) and department staff explained that county staff would track hours on biweekly timesheets and provide monthly invoices; finance would receive the hour sheets for invoicing. County staff said they could provide a spreadsheet report of billable hours to the commissioners upon request.
Jessica (presenter name in the transcript) and other staff also noted the agreements are short-term operational measures: a service delivery strategy (SDS) must be updated to incorporate the newly created City of Mableton by May 31, 2025. County staff said once Mableton notifies the county that it is ready to assume service provision, Cobb has 30 days to transition the specific services named in the IGAs, and department directors will coordinate implementation and tracking.
The commission’s discussion also clarified that the water system will not bill Mableton for zoning or plan review because those services are funded through water and sewer rates; the county will continue to provide water and sewer services to customers in the area. County staff said project billing for DOT, community development and other departments will be tracked and invoiced via the county’s monthly process.
Commissioner action: the board voted 4–0 to approve agenda item 15 as revised (GIS IGA) and 4–0 to approve agenda item 16 (zoning application review, plan review and development inspection IGA). County staff will produce monthly invoices and can supply requested spreadsheets showing hours billed to Mableton.
