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The Braselton News
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Building continued from 1A
offices. The building also
features a small conference
room, allowing city staff to
avoid using the city council
room.
With the move, city staff
will leave behind the more-
than-century-old building
where city hall has been
located for at least two de
cades. The city, however,
is at work finding potential
leasers for the old space
with shopping and restau
rants in mind.
“We want to make sure
that this is part of the vision
of that when we lease the
older building.” Kidd-Har-
rison said.
She called the old facility
“a great building.”
“It’s got great bones,”
Kidd-Harrison said.
Kidd-Harrison said she’ll
miss the old space, “but
I’m looking forward to a
new chapter for the City of
Hoschton.”
She noted that the new fa
cility, which includes three
units, was paid for without
loans.
Submitted photo
Shown is the community room at Hoschton’s new city hall building. The space
will hold 200 people.
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NSDAR BRASELTON
Members of the Jacob Braselton Chapter of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution (NSDAR) attended Poppy Sunday at Hamilton Mill Unit
ed Methodist Church on May 28. The group also participated in the 30th
annual Memorial Day Parade in Dacula on May 29.
Venue continued from 1A
and variance requests will
go before the Hall County
Board of Commissioners on
July 13 for a final vote.
According to planning
documents, the applicant
would host events in an ex
isting bam on the property.
Some weddings, however,
would be held outdoors.
Events would begin no ear
lier than 9 a.m. and run no
later than 10 p.m. Sunday
through Thursday. Hours
would extend to midnight on
Friday and Saturday.
Amplified outdoor music
is permitted during wedding
ceremonies, but Dunagan is
seeking a variance to allow
outdoor amplified music be
fore and after ceremonies.
Resident David Jones,
who lives on Weaver Rd.,
spoke against the variance
request.
“We don’t want to sit out
on the porch at night listen
ing to all the loud music
being played over an ampli
fier,” said Jones, who added
that his neighbors had similar
concerns.
Hall County planning
staff recommended approv
al of Dunagan’s argi-en-
tertainment venue request,
with conditions, but advised
denial of the amplification
variance. Staff said that Dun
agan’s proposal did not meet
hardship criteria.
Budget continued from 1A
Hall County 61% ($613,000
increase) and Barrow County
48% ($484,055 increase).
The town’s largest gener
al fund expenditure increase
will come in economic de
velopment, where it expects
a 27% jump from $921,939
to $1,255 million. Police
Department expenses will in
crease 19% from $2.19 mil
lion to nearly $2.7 million.
WATER AND SEWER
Braselton expects revenues
of $13.02 million in water
and sewerage operations in
FY 2024, up from $11.19
million in FY 2023.
After expenses and debt
payments, which total $10.94
million, Braselton expects to
net $2.08 million in FY 2024
from its water and sewer op
erations.
OTHER FUNDS
In its other funds, Bra
selton expects to have the
following budgets:
• Stormwater fund:
$477,950
• Civic center fund:
$490,851
• Visitor’s bureau fund:
$3.55 million (a BVB pub
lic hearing will be June 9 at
10 a.m. with a BVB vote
June 29 at 10 a.m.
• DDA fund: $109,295
(a DDA budget public
hearing is set for June 8
at 11 a.m. with the DDA
board vote slated for June
15 at 11 a.m.
• Urban Redevelopment
Agency: $611,280 (a URA
public hearing will be June
7 at 3 p.m.. with a board
vote on June 28 at 1 p.m.).
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