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PAGE 2A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 2020
County budget public hearing December 3
By Angela Reinhardt
Staff Writer
areinhardt@piekensprogress.com
Pickens County commis
sioners will hold a public
hearing for the 2021 budget
on December 3.
The hearing will be at
9:30 a.m. at the Pickens
County Administration
Building. The public is in
vited to attend.
Initially, budget requests
from department heads and
elected officials were $1.8
million over projected rev
enues. After budget negotia
tions, Pickens CFO Faye
Harvey was able to present a
proposed balanced budget to
commissioners at their regu
lar November meeting. The
proposed budget is
$29,027,352 in both revenues
and expenditures.
See a breakdown of rev
enues and expenditures on ad
below. On that ad you will
also find a 2020 SPLOST
project revenue breakdown.
The 2020 SPLOST is ex
pected to produce $37 mil
lion in revenue.
At the end of budget
meetings, commissioner
Becky Denney commented
that the board might need to
consider a millage rate in
crease in the future because
of the large discrepancy in re
quested budgets and rev
enues.
The 2021 budget will be
adopted at the board of com
missioners Thursday, Dec. 17
meeting at 5:30 p.m.
Other news from the com
missioners’ meeting:
•Commissioners approved
a request from Talking Rock,
LLC to rezone 3.17 acres on
Bethel Road in Talking Rock
from Suburban Residential
(SR) to Rural Residential
(RR).
•Commissioners approved
a request from Danny and
Jennifer Wilkerson to rezone
0.60 acres on Bethel Road in
Talking Rock from Rural
Residential (RR) to Suburban
Residential (SR).
•Commissioners approved
a request from Jack Bames to
rezone 0.65 acres on Carver
Mill Road in Talking Rock
from Highway Business
(HB) to Agricultural (AG).
•Commissioners singed a
proclamation declaring No
vember as National Ameri
can Indian Heritage Month.
•Commissioners signed a
proclamation declaring Red
Ribbon Week.
Jasper Farmers Market update
Lisa Lacheny, a new vendor at the market, uses her bak
ing to raise awareness and money to battle Sarcoma, a rare
form of cancer.
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By Heather Giambra
Gorgeous day and happy
hearts with plenty of cus
tomers describes the first im
pressions of the market. The
Jasper Farmers Market was
keeping customers and ven
dors alike smiling. With
Thanksgiving only days
away the little turkeys on
large brownies from ‘Cook
ies for Corinne’ were a hit
with the younger folk lucky
enough to buy their choice of
a specialty cookie. (Try the
Apple Cider shortbread
cookies).
Cathy Prater was busy
selling her creative alu
minum ornaments. Tony Pis-
coneri was selling out fast,
again. April Joy sews up
some fun with wine bottle
bags. Kim Bell was busy tak
ing custom orders for her
custom jewelry. Tony Whit
field of Y-Not Sharp was
sharpening up the carving
knives. (Don’t forget he can
sharpen your garden tools).
So with bread, honey,
cakes, pies, jellies, veggies,
pork rinds, eggs, sorbet and
cookies there is plenty to eat
at our market, plus meats.
And we have a new vendor,
Matt Huffman along with his
children Braden and Brooke
who brought homemade hard
candy. There were so many
flavors to choose from.
Also new this week was
Lisa Lacheny, who is using
her love of baking to raise
awareness and money to bat
tle Sarcoma, a rare form of
cancer that has many sub-
types. Lisa is baking up beau
tiful unique cookies. Some
are plate size pull-aparts, like
a sunflower with petals.
Some of her cookies are 3D
like a standing T-Rex, or
some are layered cookies that
form turkeys and coming
soon, Christmas trees. All
profits from the sale of these
wonderful cookies will go to
The Sarcoma Foundation of
America.
Please come out to our
market to find treasures, spe
cialty foods, gifts, decor and
more. We appreciate you
shopping local. Every week
can be a little different with
the choices. Sometimes we
have musicians to enliven
our market atmosphere.
Sometimes we have special
interests like Lisa and her
fundraising efforts. Some
times we have fun things like
parrotlets, chicks or duck
lings. Sometimes the animal
rescue groups come walking
the dogs needing a home.
You just never know what
may happen each week, ex
cept there will always be
smiling faces welcoming you
to our Jasper Farmers Mar
ket.
The market is held at the
Park n Ride parking lot of
Lee Newton Park. Late sea
son hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
until December 12th. That
means there are only three
Saturdays left. ( Where does
the time go?) Pickens County
Master Gardeners sponsor
the market and is headed up
by Jenny Fellenbaum, the
market manager. She has
been doing this for 21 years,
folks. Thank you, Jenny. We
couldn’t do it without you.
Pickens County Library
welcomes new
branch manager
Sequoyah Regional Li
brary System is pleased to
announce that Stacy Hill
has been appointed as the
Branch Manager of the
Pickens County Library in
Jasper as of November 2,
2020. Hill assumes the role
from Emma Ingle, who is
retiring. Hill brings a wide
variety of public library ex
perience to her duties as
Branch Manager, including
expertise in youth program
ming, community outreach,
staff training, and supervi
sion.
Hill holds a Master of
Library and Information
Science degree from Drexel
University and a BA from
Georgia State University.
Her history of public library
service includes positions at
Cobb County Public Li
brary and the Sequoyah Re
gional Library System’s
Woodstock Public Library.
“I look forward to working
with the community of
Pickens County”, says Hill.
“As Branch Manager, I will
continue to reach out to our
current library users, fami
lies, business leaders, and
educators in this time of
need to provide free re
sources to everyone.”
www. sequoyahregionalli-
brary.org
Pickens County Library,
100 Library Lane, Jasper,
706-692-5411.
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A public hearing on the proposed FY 2021 Pickens County Government budget will be held Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. at
1266 East Church Street, Jasper, GA. The FY 2021 proposed budgets are shown below and are available for review at
www.pickenscountyga.gov.
Detailed budgets are available for review in the Finance Director's office between 8 am and 5 pm Monday
through Friday. The FY 2021 budget will be adopted at a Board of Commissioners meeting on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
Pickens County Government
Pickens County Government
Pickens County Government
General Fund
Proprietary Funds
Capital Projects - SPLOST
Proposed Budget
Proposed Budgets
FY 2021
FY 2021
Project Length Budaet
Revenues
Voted in 2020
Taxes
21,225,700
Water
Airport
Projected Revenues:
Intergovernmental
2,022,242
Revenues
SPLOST Tax revenue $
37,000,000
Charges for services
4,163,800
Charges for services
$ 2,786,800 $
602,334
Total Revenues
37.000.000
Fines & forfeitures
255,900
Intergovernmental
-
Interest income
10,010
Interest income
Expenditures:
Other revenue
164,000
Other revenues
-
PICKENS COUNTY:
Proceeds from Capital Lease
-
Other Financing Sources
-
Road Projects & Facilities
16,039,500
Transfers
668,300
Parks & Recreation Projects
3,700,000
Total Revenues
2.786.800
602.334
Payment of Enterprise Fund Df
3,496,500
Total Revenues $
29,027,352
Public Safety - Fire & EMS
2,960,000
Expenditures
Public Safety - Sheriff
2,960,000
Water Administration
420,400
-
Water & Sewer Facilities
1,110,000
Expenditures
Water
2,366,400
-
General Government
4,058,704
Airport
-
602,334
MUNICIPALITIES:
Judicial
3,936,782
City of Jasper Projects
5,002,400
Public Safety
14,874,273
Total Expenditures
$ 2.786.800 $
602,334
City of Nelson Projects
1,650,200
Public Works
3,867,204
Town of Talking Rock Projects
81,400
Health & Welfare
286,881
Culture & Recreation
1,111,165
Total Expenditures $
37.000.000
Housing & Development
892,343
Total Expenditures $
29,027,352