2026-07-20 July 20, 2026 Mayor and Council Meeting Minutes - FINAL
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July 20, 2026 7:00 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Council Chambers Page 8 of 12 Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby Jr. made a motion to approve; seconded by Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould. The motion to approve carried with the following vote: Aye: 7 – Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Councilmember Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby Nay: 0 – None Recuse: 0 – None 8. Privilege License and Show Cause Hearing 9. Formal Business A. ATH2026-091 Public Hearing #3 and Adoption of the 2026 Millage rate and authorize the Mayor to sign and execute all related documents. Citywide Mike Jones, City Administrator, provided the following background: The FY27 budget approved by council included revenue projections for property taxes based on 8.99 mills. This is the third of three required public hearings before the formal adoption of the 8.99 millage rate. Tax information was received from Cobb County on June 18, 2026. Per the information provided, the City would need to roll back the millage rate to 8.834 to not advertise a tax increase. In comparison, last year's millage rollback was calculated at 8.936. The official notice and all required information was posted in the Marietta Daily Journal on July 4th and 5th, 2026 and again on July 11th and 12th, 2026. A press release was sent to the Marietta Daily Journal on June 30, 2026. It has also been posted on the City website. This is the last required public hearing. Additional hearings were held on July 13, 2025, at 6:00 PM and on July 20, 2026, at 8:30 AM. This is the formal adoption of the millage rate. A public hearing was called, and no one came forward inf favor of or in opposition to this item. The public hearing was closed at 8:22 PM. Councilmember Travis Lindley made a motion to approve item ATH2026-091; seconded by Councilmember Charles Welch. The motion to approve carried with the following vote: Aye: 7 – Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Councilmember Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby Nay: 0 – None Recuse: 0 – None