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www.ReporterNewspapers.netl SEPT.20 —OCT.3,2013 | 5 DUN COMMUNITY Revenues, Amended 2013 Budget ■ Taxes ■ Licenses & Permits ■ Intergovernmental Revenues ■ Charges for Services Fines & Forfeitures ■ Investment Income Contributions & Donations ■ Miscellaneous Revenue Other Financing Sources Total $23,867,000 Expenses, Amended 2013 Budget Economic Development, $297,682 ■ City Council ■ City Manager ■ City Clerk ■ Finance & Administration ■ Information Technology 3 Marketing ■ City Attorney ■ Municipal Court 3 Police ■ E-911 n Public Works ■ Parks Community Development Economic Development Contingency Total $24,635,514 Expenses, 2014 Budget ■ City Council ■ City Manager ■ City Clerk ■ Finance & Administration ■ Information Technology ■ Marketing ■ City Attorney ■ Municipal Court Police ■ E-911 ■ Public Works Parks Community Development Economic Development Contingency Total $24,740,000 Source: City of Dunwoody City considering $24.7 million general fund budget for 2014 BY JOE EARLE joeearle@reporternewspapers.net Dunwoody city officials propose to spend about $24.74 million on city op erations in 2014, up less than a percent age point from the amount budgeted for this year. The proposed budget Mayor Mike Davis and City Manager Mike Davis pre sented to Dunwoody City Council calls for a 0.42 percent increase in general fund expenditures over the $23.9 in the city’s 2013 amended budget. The 2014 budget plan predicts the city will collect $24.89 million in general fund revenue, up from $23.86 million in 2013. That includes an increase in prop erty taxes collected to about $20 million, up from $18.4 million in 2013. The dif ference represents an increase in the value of taxable property in Dunwoody. City Council recently voted to keep the city’s tax millage at 2.74 mills. “The city has experienced modest but steady expansion and economic devel opment in 2013,” the budget message says. “The same diversity in our revenue streams that made the city more resilient during the economic recession has been beneficial during the slow recovery peri od. The city is on track to exceed the $23 million in revenues appropriated in the [fiscal year] 2013 budget primarily due to healthy franchise fees and permitting fees.” The budget says the total of city ex penditures from all funds, including spe cial-use funds such as the hotel-motel tax, will reach about $30 million. The mayor and city manager’s bud get message says the city plans to spend $5.9 million from the general fund bud get on projects such as street resurfacing, sidewalks, intersections, parks and public safety equipment. Some highlights of the proposed 2014 budget, according to the budget message and a memo presented at a recent council budget committee meeting: —City Clerk’s budget drops by 36 per cent next year because of the cost of run ning city elections this year; —City officials plan to spend $1.8 mil lion for street resurfacing and paving; about $1.75 million for construction and intersection improvement projects; and $230,000 on sidewalks; —City officials plan to spend about $1 million to develop a 5-acre park on the 19-acre parcel the city is buying for the Renaissance redevelopment project; $65,000 for an emergency notification system at Brook Run Park; and $ 100,000 to replace the roof at the North DeKalb Cultural Center; —City officials plan to spend $40,000 for a redesign of the city logo and brand; The city has scheduled a public hear ing and council discussion of the bud get for Oct. 14. The council is to vote Oct. 28 on whether to adopt the bud get. Connect with Reporter Newspapers! at home | at the office online | on your smart phone Q H g H www.ReporterNewspapers.net 'N J
