MARIETTA — Cobb District 3 Commissioner JoAnn Birrell says public safety is the top priority in her special purpose local option sales tax wish list.
“Right now, we can’t use SPLOST money for salaries,” said Birrell, who represents northeast Cobb. “What we have on the list for public safety are things like take-home vehicles for police officers.”
The Cobb Board of Commissioners will decide July 22 whether to put before voters a 1 percent SPLOST, expected to collect $750 million over six years.
There isn’t a police precinct in District 3, and Birrell hopes this will change with the coming SPLOST vote.
“My consideration is to put a police precinct at the Mountain View complex, where it’s surrounded by county facilities,” Birrell said.
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