Marietta sets estimated general fund millage at 2.788 mils; school O&M rollback set at 17.97 mils under HB92 process

Marietta’s city council on a special-called meeting set the city’s estimated general fund millage at 2.788 mils and approved an estimated operations-and-maintenance rollback rate of 17.97 mils for Meredith City Schools, council members voted unanimously.

City staff said the action is procedural and driven by a change in state law (HB92) that alters how tax notices are prepared and labeled. "The notice is going to be different this time in that it's not going to actually compute your estimated tax," city staff explained, adding that the county will show assessed values, exemptions and an estimated millage supplied by the taxing jurisdictions rather than a dollar tax computation.

Why it matters: HB92 and related guidance from municipal associations require jurisdictions to provide an "estimated…