Kennesaw plans property tax increase above rollback rate, schedules public hearings

Kennesaw plans property tax increase above rollback rate, schedules public hearings

The City of Kennesaw announced plans to increase its 2026 property tax millage rate above the rollback rate, triggering a series of public hearings required under Georgia law before the rate can be finalized. The proposed increase would raise the city’s maintenance and operations (M&O) millage rate by 4.25% above the rollback rate and the bond millage rate by 3.70% above the rollback rate. Georgia law requires county boards of tax assessors to r…