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Changes to what residents pay to rent Habersham County parks and recreation facilities have stalled in committee even after commissioners approved one fee amendment last fall.
County commissioners are still shaping which capital projects and what bond amount will go into the next local option sales tax, work that determines spending on county and city projects for years to come.
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 funding.
The town's year-end audit confirms the council adopted its FY2025 budget and added funding during the year for police and public-safety gear, while camera-fine revenue swelled the town's reserves.
The adopted budget raises general operating spending while cutting water and wastewater spending as state loan funding for capital projects drops.
The draft budget proposes higher sanitation and water/sewer fees for residents while spending across the city's nine funds totals more than $28 million.
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.
The proposed all-funds budget would set spending levels for city water, sewer, gas, sanitation and other services for the coming year.
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 approved budget sets how the city will spend taxpayer money from July 2026 through June 2027.
The city is moving to formally amend last year's budget after code enforcement legal fees ran over what was budgeted.
The city commission approved the millage rate in a 4-0 vote, keeping it unchanged from the prior year as part of the FY2027 budget.
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