2025-07-21 July 21, 2025 Special Called Meeting - Millage Rate Public Hearing #2 - FINAL
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Page 1 of 2 1. Roll Call Present: 7 - Mayor Derek Norton, Councilmember Latonia P. Hines, Councilmember Travis Lindley, Councilmember Charles Welch, Councilmember Susan Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould, Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr. Absent: 1 - Councilmember Pickens Staff Present: 3 - Olivia Anderson, Heather Peacon-Corn, Kristin Robinson 2. Call to Order Mayor Derek Norton called to order the July 21, 2025 Special Called Meeting of the Mayor and Council – Millage Rate Public Hearing #2 held at A. Max Bacon City Hall in Council Chambers at 8:30 AM. 3. Formal Business A. 2025-245 Public Hearing for the 2025 Millage rate; there will be no vote on this item. Kristin Robinson, Deputy City Administrator / CFO, provided the following background: The FY26 budget approved by council included revenue projections for property taxes based on 8.99 mills. This is the second of three required public hearings before the formal adoption of the 8.99 millage rate. Tax information was received from Cobb County on June 23, 2025. Per the information provided, the City would need to roll back the millage rate to 8.936 to not advertise a tax increase. In comparison, last year's millage rollback was calculated at 8.244. The official notice, and all required information, was posted in the Marietta Daily Journal on July 5th & 6th, 2025. It was posted again on July 12th & 13th, 2025. A press release Special Called Meeting Minutes – Final MAYOR AND COUNCIL Derek Norton, Mayor Tim Gould Mayor Pro Tem (Ward 6) Glenn Pickens (Ward 1) Latonia P. Hines (Ward 2) Travis Lindley (Ward 3) Charles “Corkey” Welch (Ward 4) Susan Wilkinson (Ward 5) Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr. (Ward 7) A. Max Bacon City Hall COUNCIL CHAMBERS 2800 King Street SE Smyrna, GA 30080 City Attorney Scott Cochran City Administrator Mike L. Jones Deputy City Administrator / CFO Kristin Robinson City Clerk Heather K. Peacon-Corn July 21, 2025 / 8:30 AM