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Wednesday, June 21,2023
Tyrone DDA Approves 2023-24 Fiscal Year Budget
Leah Banks In its June 12 meeting,
Investigative Reporter the Tyrone Downtown
leah@fayette-news.net Development Authority
discussed its proposed
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2023-2024 budget, which
was ultimately approved.
The 2023-24 re
quested budget totals
$151,835, with the appro
priate funds to be allo
cated toward various
aspects with which the
DDA is involved, includ
ing economic upkeep and
supplies, capital outlay,
and the other costs that
may have been carried
over from the last fiscal
year.
Funds carried over
from the last fiscal year
total $24,000.
The proposed budget
was brought to the com
mittee by Assistant Town
Manager Philip Trocquet,
who emphasized that the
primary focus for this
budget was that it be bal
anced.
“In the previous
packet, we didn’t have it
balanced. It was zero, but
we did that here. We just
took some funds from
last year and made that
adjustment,” Trocquet
said.
There are some key
focal points in this pro
posed budget that are
“different” from last
year’s budget for the
group, including larger
revenue sources from the
Town of Tyrone.
“One is $27,000 a
year coming from what
was previously going to
be Fayette County Down
town Development Au
thority. Because they are
now fully self-sufficient,
that money is going to be
going to us annually. So,
the recurring annual
revenue source is one
that we will be able to
use,” Trocquet said.
Trocquet explained
that the DDA is expecting
to receive $100,000 from
the Town of Tyrone for
“economic development
operations” as a part pf
the American Rescue
Plan Act (ARPA).
“I believe that the di
rection for that money is
for the redevelopment of
the fire station. So, to
have the ability to initiate
that process and have
some money to start that
process, if that is how you
choose to utilize that
money,” Trocquet said.
The $27,000 was uti
lized in the creation of
the budget plan to cover
all insurance costs, which
includes maintenance for
the buildings, utilities,
and power, according to
Trocquet.
Trocquet provided a
comparison between last
year’s budget and this
year’s requested budget,
emphasizing that last
year’s budget was an “ex
perimental budget” com
pared to this year’s
thoroughly provided
budget for the DDA.
“Since it was our first
year, we had just kind of
thrown some numbers
out there, but we actually
have some costs that have
actually come back as a
result of operating over
the past year, like what
our events actually cost,
so we made some adjust
ments to things there and
we’ve shifted some
money around to more
appropriate expense ac
counts,” Trocquet said.
DDA Chairman Billy
Campbell motioned to
approve the budget,
which was approved.
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