The City of Marietta operates with a Mayor/Council-City Manager form of government. The City is divided into seven wards, with a city councilmember elected from each. The Mayor is elected at large. Official policy is set by this elected body who serve four-year concurrent terms. The City Manager, a professional staff and 750 dedicated employees direct day-to-day operations.

State, regional and national awards for innovative public safety programs are frequent in Marietta. The Police Department was one of the first in the State to be internationally certified, and the Department's award-winning M-STAR program is credited for the City's 11.8% decrease in crime last year while the national rate was on the rise. Marietta's Fire Department has earned an ISO rating of 3, which means lower insurance rates for your business. All of the city departments work in concert to assure citizens and businesses the highest, most efficient services possible. And because long-term planning is important in Marietta, all the departments work together as a team and have their eyes on the same objective: high-quality, affordable services for everybody fortunate enough to call Marietta "home."

• Mayor's Office

• City Manager's Office

• City Council

Property Tax Millage Rates

Marietta has one of the lowest millage rates in metro Atlanta.

Residential Tax Exemptions

If you own residential property within Marietta city limits and you live on that property, you qualify for a $4,000 Homestead Exemption and the State Credit Exemption. If you are 62 years of age by January 1 of the qualifying year Homestead eligible property owners also qualify for School Tax Exemption which reduces residential property owner’s tax rate by 17.97 mills.

Freeport Exemption

The City of Marietta has elected, with the approval of the voters, to exempt the following types of tangible personal property:

1. Inventory of goods in the process of being manufactured or produced including raw materials and partly finished goods;

2. Inventory of finished goods manufactured or produced within this State held by the manufacturer or producer for a period not to exceed 12 months;

3. Inventory of finished goods on January 1 that are stored in a warehouse, dock, or wharf which are destined for shipment outside this State for a period not to exceed 12 months;

The percentage of exemption can be set at 20, 40, 60, 80 or 100 percent of the inventory value.