The city could sell or dispose of police equipment no longer needed, but commissioners have not yet voted on the proposal.
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- July 28, 2025: Surplus of property in the possession of the Police Department
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The city commission's FY2027 budget eliminates money set aside a year earlier for roof repairs on city buildings and scales back City Hall renovation and Ritz Theatre loan…
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- July 28, 2025: Roof repairs on city buildings
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A city financial report shows nearly all of the $16.4 million budgeted for American Rescue Plan Act capital projects has yet to be spent.
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- June 30, 2025: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Fund unspent capital outlay budget
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The city's annual financial audit discloses the balance and annual change in debt tied to its business-type operations, including a note payable to GEFA.
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- June 30, 2025: Total business-type activities long-term liabilities
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The city's latest financial report shows some of its pension plans carrying a net liability and others a net asset, a factor in the city's long-term retirement costs.
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- June 30, 2025: Governmental activities net pension liability/asset
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City commissioners have twice placed a proposed lease agreement with a tower company on their meeting agendas, but no vote has been recorded.
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- June 16, 2025: Lease Agreement with Milestone Tower Limited Partnership
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The city commission has been discussing a special purpose local option sales tax that would fund capital projects, including an intergovernmental agreement setting how the money is spent.
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- June 16, 2025: Intergovernmental Agreement for 2025 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) for Capital Outlay Projects
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City commissioners are set to weigh a lease agreement involving Ping's, though no vote has yet been recorded.
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- June 9, 2025: Ping's Lease Agreement
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The adopted budget raises general operating spending while cutting water and wastewater spending as state loan funding for capital projects drops.
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- May 19, 2025: FY2026 Operating Budgets - Public Hearing and Second Reading
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The commission's schedule for building and discussing next year's city budget affects when residents can weigh in before spending and tax decisions are finalized.
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- April 30, 2025: FY2026 budget discussion
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The city is weighing repair work on a fire engine and the replacement and repair of a fire station bay door, work that affects the fire department's readiness.
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- March 24, 2025: Fire engine repair and bay door replacement and repair
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The city commission is weighing whether to buy two new patrol vehicles, a decision that would affect the police department's fleet.
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- March 24, 2025: Purchase of two patrol vehicles
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