Special Called Mayor and Council Meeting - Millage Rate Public Hearing #2 — Minutes
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1. Roll Call
Present: 7 - Mayor Derek Norton, Councilmember Glenn Pickens, Councilmember Travis
Lindley, Councilmember Charles Welch, Councilmember Susan
Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould, Councilmember Rickey
N. Oglesby, Jr.
Also Present: 1 - Scott Cochran
Staff Present: 3 - Jill Head, Mike L. Jones, Kristin Robinson
Absent: 1 - Councilmember Latonia P. Hines
2. Call to Order
Mayor Derek Norton called to order the July 20, 2026 Special Called Mayor and Council Meeting
– Millage Rate Public Hearing #2 held at A. Max Bacon City Hall in Council Chambers at 8:30
AM.
3. Formal Business
A. Public Hearing #2 for the 2026 Millage rate; there will be no vote on this item.
Citywide
Mike Jones, City Administrator, provided the following background:
The FY27 budget approved by Council includes revenue projections for property taxes
based on a millage rate of 8.99 mills. This hearing is the second of three required public
hearings prior to the formal adoption of the 8.99 millage rate.
The City received the 2026 tax digest information from Cobb Cunty on June 18,
2026. Based on that data, the calculated rollback millage rate is 8.834 mills. Rolling back
to 8.834 mills allows the City to avoid advertising a tax increase. For comparison, last
year’s rollback millage rate was 8.936 mills.
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 20, 2026 / 8:30 AM