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Cobb County says mediation with school system continues over tax-commission dispute
Summary
Chair updated the public on mediation with the Cobb County School System after the district filed suit June 15 about the county's withholding of school-tax funds. The chair cited the Georgia Constitution's 2.5% tax-collection commission and an expired local agreement that set a 1.6% rate in 2011.
The chair told the meeting the county is still mediating a lawsuit the Cobb County School System filed on June 15 regarding the county's withholding of school-tax dollars to reimburse tax-collection costs. "There was a lengthy mediation," he said, but the parties had not reached agreement on the final commission percentage.
The chair noted that "Georgia Constitution does provide that the tax commissioner is entitled to 2.5% commission for collecting those taxes," and that the county had defaulted to the state rate after a local agreement that had set a 1.6% commission expired in 2011. He said the school district now contends the commission should have been zeroed out after 2011 and that it is seeking monies it says are owed, though the district did not press that issue earlier.
