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OBITUARIES
Susan Flynn Adkins
Susan Flynn Adkins, age 64, of Cumming
passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2016.
Byars Funeral Home and Cremation
Services is in charge of arrangements.
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June 10, 2016
Joseph Webb Aultman
Joseph Webb Aultman, age 74, of
Cumming passed away Tuesday. June 7,
2016.
Byars Funeral Home and Cremation
Services is in charge of arrangements.
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June 10, 2016
Ronald Douglas Bailey
Ronald Douglas Bailey, age 64, of
Dawsonville passed away Tuesday, June 7,
2016.
McDonald and Son Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
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June 10, 2016
Judy Hamby
Judy Hamby. age 66, of Cumming passed
away Tuesday, June 7, 2016.
Ingram Funeral Home and Crematory is in
charge of arrangements.
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June 10, 2016
Cathy Jean Brown Holmes
Cathy Jean Brown Holmes, age 61, of
Cumming passed away Monday, June 6,
2016.
Ingram Funeral Home and Crematory 1s in
charge of arrangements.
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June 10, 2016
Jeanne Wrenn Whitt
Jeanne Wrenn Whitt, age 72, of Gainesville
passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2016.
McDonald and Son Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
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June 10, 2016
James Michael Donnelly
James Michael Donnelly, age 80, born
April 11. 1936, of Cumming, passed away
Monday, June 6, 2016, following a coura
geous battle of almost 30 years from
Parkinson’s. Three words that described our
dad are LIVED, LAUGHED and LOVED,
and he did them all well.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Carol
P. Donnelly.
James was a loving father survived by his
four children; and seven grandchildren; Mary
and Johnny Wilcox of Cumming and chil
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S.A.L.T., will have a public meeting at
9:30 a.m. June 15 at the Coal
Mountain Park community building,
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dren, John; Brittany and Daniel; Diana and
Nick Caufman of Commerce and son,
Nicholas; Joseph and Bessie Donnelly of
Cumming and children, Adrianna, Edward
and David; Carol Donnelly and Debbie Baker
of Alpharetta.
Services were held Wednesday, June 8, at 2
p.m. at The Church of the Good Shepherd.
Interment followed in Sawnee View
Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation
to (APDA) American Parkinson Disease
Association.
Ingram Funeral Home and Crematory is in
charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be made at www.
ingramfuneralhome.com.
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Edgar C.Walton
Edgar C. Walton, age ‘
94, of Cumming passed
away Monday, June 6,
2016. Mr. Walton was a
U.S. Army veteran serving
during World War 11. He
was a founding board
member of Greater Atlanta
Christian School, where he
served on the board of
directors since the beginning. He was a mem
ber of Campus Church of Christ where he
served as Elder. Mr. Walton was the owner of
Dixie Electric, inducted into the National
Academy of Electrical Contractors and served
on the board of directors for Atlanta Electrical
Contractors Association.
He is preceded in death by his wife of 67
years, Nina Kate Walton.
He was survived by his son, Eddie (Marsie)
Walton; daughter, Kathy (Jeff) Lake: seven
grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, June
10 in the Chapel of Crowell Brothers Funeral
Home with Jody Vickery officiating. The
burial will follow at Peachtree Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made
to GA Agape, 3094 Mercer University Drive,
Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30341, www.geor
glaagape.org.
Crowell Brothers Funeral Homes and
Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be expressed at www.
crowellbrothers.com.
Sign our online guestbook at forsythnews.
com.
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June 10, 2016
Georgia 400 and Hwy. 9).
A spokesperson from the
Brookwood Home Depot will be the
guest speaker. A free continental
breakfast will be provided before the
meeting.
For more information, contact
Marjorie S. Reeves at (770) 597-8779.
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About $3.5 million in new budget
items for the general fund are being
sought, leaving the county with a def
icit. Those items include new posi
tions, vehicles and other items and
will likely be refined to reach a bal
anced budget, officials said.
The deficit was reduced after the
budget committee met with various
county departments.
“With all the cuts, reductions and
everything that has occurred, we have
come from a deficit of about sll mil
lion at the very beginning of the pro
cess to now we’re down to about $2
million,” said Dave Gruen, the coun
ty’s chief financial officer.
As proposed, public safety is set to
receive more than any other depart
ment at about $44.6 million, which
comes to about 39 percent of the total
general fund expenditures.
General government is budgeted at
about $30.1 million, or 26 percent of
the total.
On the projected revenue side, the
largest amount of funding — almost
$55 million — will come from real and
property taxes, with an additional
approximately $29 million from sales
taxes. Charges for county services are
projected to bring in about sl3 mil
lion.
Several of the county’s other funds
are projected to have balanced bud
gets, with both expenditures and reve
nues about: $9.6 million for the local
insurance premium tax fund: $2.4
million for the grant fund: $20.9 mil-
During recent work sessions, commissioners also:
° Approved a bid for the installation of a new traffic light at the inter
section of Hwy. 9 and Bannister Road. Work will be handled by Sunbelt
Traffic LLC for $63,000
o Appointed Patrick Britt to fill the unexpired term of Greg Dolezal as
District 3 representative to the county’s planning board :
° Accepted three grants from the State of Georgia Criminal Justice
Coordinating Council. DUI court will receive $73,671 with a match not to
exceed $8,186; mental health court will accept $104,255 with a required
match not to exceed $11,584; and $266,410 will go to drug court with a
required match not to exceed $29,601. Commissioner Todd Levent was not
present for the vote on mental health and drug courts
° Approved $127,000 to go toward a salary study and adoption for
county library employees
° Passed a proposal from Hasley Recreation Inc. for Lanier Land
Playground worth $222,784,70
. Moved forward with a change order forTy-Lin International, worth
$25,500, for additional design services for the Brookwood Road widening
project
. Awarded a bid to purchase two new tractors from Franklin Tractor
for $53,516
. Upgraded IP Simulcast through Motorola Solutions for $1,999,999
All votes were approved 5-0 unless otherwise noted.
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Bass said one service that helped was a
website review that helped optimize his
company’s website for exports by giving
a different email for foreign orders and
recommended which languages, or dia
lects of languages, the website should
offer.
“It’s great for a small businessman
because you don’t always have time to
think about the why or the how.” Bass
said.
Waters said the time is right for
Georgia companies to look into export-
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pattern regulations, so they 1l be like ham and cheese sandwiches and fruits and vegeta
bles,” Bowers said.
Any child 0-18 years old can receive a meal, and they do not need to register.
Though only about 17 percent of the public school population participates in the
free/reduced lunch program, meals will be delivered throughout the summer at three
Jocations. Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin and Oconee counties also participate in
the summer meal program.
“With our partnership with UNG,” Bowers said, “we hope to grow the program
throughout Forsyth County and continue to look at it and reach other areas in Forsyth,
as well.”
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lion for the fire fund, $15.5 million
for bonds; $80.9 million for water
and sewer; and $2.1 million for recy
cling and solid waste.
The total millage, which also
includes the millage rate of Forsyth
County Schools, rate was not
announced on Tuesday. The rate for
2016 was 27.804 mills.
A millage rate is used in the formu
la to calculate property taxes. One
mill equals $1 for every SI,OOO in
assessed property value, and assessed
value is 40 percent of the actual mar-,
ket price.
At a recent Board of Education
meeting. it was announced the
expected millage rate for property
taxes to be used for the school system
would be remain 17.3 mills, the same
as the 2016 budget.
The budget committee comprises
Gruen, County Manager Doug lgerrer,
and commissioners Pete Amos, Brian
Tam, Todd Levent and Cindy Jones
Mills.
The next step in the process will be
the committee’s next meeting on June
16.
The budget will come back before
commissioners during their June 28
meeting.
In July, citizens are invited to give
input during three public hearings on
the millage rate before the proposed
budget is presented in October and
may be adopted in early November.
ing. The state ranked 11th in the nation
for exports, totaled about $38.5 billion in
merchandise sales and, according to
Waters, sold products almost everywhere
in the world except Antarctica and North
Korea.
It can also bring benefits closer to
home.
“Those increased profits, that economic
value does come back here to the local
community,” Waters said, ““and grows the
local company here.”
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