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City holds first budget hearing
BY DAN WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
City Council’s April 30 discussion
about the upcoming budget took lon
ger than three hours as council mem
bers debated where to spend money on
bricks and mortar projects.
Fiscal Year 2014 begins on July 1,
three months before municipal elec
tions. City Council usually approves
the budget in June.
Last year’s approved general fund
budget was $90 million. This year, city
staff is expecting an approximate 4 per
cent drop in revenue, around $3.3 mil
lion, partially because of appeals to
property tax appraisals and the un
known effect of changes to taxes on ve
hicles.
The state Legislature removed the
so-called “birthday tax,” replacing it
with a fee assessed when people buy
cars.
The general fund budget is differ
ent than the capital budget. The gen
eral fund pays for city operations while
the capital funds are for building proj
ects like roads and bridges.
In its capital plans, the area that re
ceived much of the council’s attention
on April 30, the city staff is recom
mending $ 15 million for its downtown
revitalization projects, a cost coun-
City budget
hearings
City Council will hold budget
hearings throughout the month
of May and will hold public
hearings on the budget in June.
Here are key dates in the
budget process. Meetings are
held at City Hall, 7840 Roswell
Road, and open to the public.
Meeting times will be available
at sandyspringsga.gov.
May 7- Budget workshop
May 21- City Council
budget presentation
June 4- First public hearing
June 18- Final public
hearing and adoption
Source: city of Sandy Springs
cil didn’t question. Everything else —
storm water, sidewalks to a gateway
beautification project — received addi
tional scrutiny from council members.
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