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Cobb County creates stormwater utility, approves $4.75 monthly fee after heated public hearing
Summary
After more than five hours of public testimony and technical discussion, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners voted 3–2 on Nov. 20 to establish a stormwater utility and set a $4.75-per-equivalent-residential-unit monthly fee, while adopting a credit manual and some related code changes.
A divided Cobb County Board of Commissioners voted 3–2 on Nov. 20 to establish a stormwater utility and set a $4.75 monthly fee per equivalent residential unit (ERU), a measure County water officials said is needed to fund stormwater maintenance, pipe repairs and future regional projects.
The vote capped a public hearing that ran more than three hours and included dozens of residents who described flood damage, costly culvert repairs and sinkholes. Many urged the county to map its infrastructure, produce a master stormwater plan and hold off on any fee until those steps were complete.
Judy Jones, director of the Cobb County Water System, told commissioners the fee was built on the utility’s current $9.2 million budget and an analysis of impervious surface across unincorporated Cobb and the City of Mableton. Jones said staff modeled a set of incremental service additions — from adding inspection and repair capacity to funding future regional projects — that together justify the…
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