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The proposed budget raises landfill, sanitation and water/sewer fees while projecting a general fund shortfall, with a public hearing and adoption vote still ahead.
The city is lining up how to spend sales-tax revenue voters approved on projects that could affect streets, city facilities and fire equipment.
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.
The city's proposed budget would add a water plant operator and a public information officer while eliminating one Police Department major position.
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.
A higher property tax rate would narrow a city budget shortfall but increase what Cornelia property owners pay.
A blown head gasket has prompted a proposed increase to the Fire Department's vehicle maintenance budget to repair the city's ladder truck.
The city has purchased land for its wastewater plant expansion and is moving to annex and rezone it for a proposed solids solar-drying facility.
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.
The draft budget would give city employees a cost-of-living increase and a merit increase, alongside changes to insurance premiums.
The city's draft FY27 budget sets aside SPLOST VIII sales tax funds for a new pavilion and restrooms at Oak Street Park.
The city's Downtown Development Authority has discussed folding the tree lighting, Christmas in Cornelia, and Shop Small Saturday into one event…