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Cobb maintains tax rate
By Janel Davis
July 25, 2012Cobb County Commissioners voted 3-2 on Tuesday to keep the county's millage rate at 11.11 mills.
The millage rate, used to calculate residents' property tax bills, is the same rate set by the commission last year. The rate was increased to the current level from 9.60 mills to help close a budget gap and supplement falling revenues.
Commissioners Bob Ott and JoAnn Birrell voted against the rate on Tuesday. The commissioners also voted against the rate increase last year, arguing that other spending cuts could have been implemented to make up the county's budget deficits.
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