“That is why it will be important for the [Board of Commissioners] to identify service reductions, fee increases, or consider a millage adjustment,” Volckmann wrote in an email. “The big takeaway from this budget is that the County is using $21.5 million of one-time moneys to balance the budget and pay for reoccurring expenditures.”

The proposed 2018 budget is up six percent from the 2017 adopted budget of $384 million. It relies on a net digest growth of 4.45 percent.

County commissioners are scheduled to vote on the budget for Fiscal Year 2018, which in Cobb runs from October to September, on Sept. 12.