The city's Downtown Development Authority has discussed folding the tree lighting, Christmas in Cornelia, and Shop Small Saturday into one event…
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- October 1, 2026: Christmas in Cornelia event planning, December 5
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- Christmas in Cornelia planning was scheduled for discussion at the October 1 DDA meeting, with the event listed for December 5.
The city's Downtown Development Authority/MainStreet board has spent the summer working out vendor placement and volunteer needs for the Big Red Apple Festival.
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- October 1, 2026: Big Red Apple Festival aftermath review
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- The DDA/MainStreet board's October 1 meeting agenda includes a Big Red Apple Festival aftermath review.
The Cornelia DDA/MainStreet Board has a proposal for a Happy Hour event on its agenda.
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- October 1, 2026: Happy Hour proposal
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- No next step has been documented.
Board members have discussed tightening or updating the grant's standards since spring but have not yet voted on new rules.
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- October 1, 2026: Revision of the Sign and Façade Grant program
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- The DDA/MainStreet Board is scheduled to take up revision of the Sign + Façade Grant at its October 1, 2026 meeting.
Downtown building-façade help in Cornelia will now depend on money the DDA raises itself rather than a line item, while the board's fundraising plan remains unsettled.
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- October 1, 2026: DDA fundraising efforts, revisited
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- The DDA/MainStreet Board is scheduled to revisit fundraising at its October 1, 2026 meeting.
A blown head gasket has prompted a proposed increase to the Fire Department's vehicle maintenance budget to repair the city's ladder truck.
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- September 22, 2026: Fire Department ladder truck engine rebuild
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- No next step has been documented.
The city's proposed FY2027 budget would remove three permanent part-time firefighter jobs added earlier this year, a change that could affect fire department staffing.
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- September 22, 2026: Elimination of three permanent part-time firefighter positions
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- No next step has been documented.
The draft budget would give city employees a cost-of-living increase and a merit increase, alongside changes to insurance premiums.
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- September 22, 2026: Employee cost-of-living increase, merit increase, and insurance premium increases
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- No next step has been documented.
The city's draft spending plan includes lift station and digester upgrades for the water system and hotel-motel tax funding for local improvements, including the Summer Concert Series.
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- September 22, 2026: Hotel-Motel Tax Capital Improvement Fund projects
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- No next step has been documented.
The city's proposed budget would add a water plant operator and a public information officer while eliminating one Police Department major position.
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- September 22, 2026: New Public Information Officer position
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- No next step has been documented.
The city's draft FY27 budget sets aside SPLOST VIII sales tax funds for a new pavilion and restrooms at Oak Street Park.
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- September 22, 2026: SPLOST VIII Fund (new): Oak Street Park pavilion and restrooms
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- No next step has been documented.
The city is lining up how to spend sales-tax revenue voters approved on projects that could affect streets, city facilities and fire equipment.
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- September 22, 2026: SPLOST VII Fund projects: City Hall bond, GMA lease final payment, Jones/Lee Street paving, Fire Department ATV
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- No next step has been documented.