Cornelia commission considers budget adjustment for bulletproof vest grant
The city would adjust its budget to account for a $3,350 Bureau of Justice Assistance grant for police bulletproof vests.
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- City of Cornelia
- Status
- under consideration
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The city would adjust its budget to account for a $3,350 Bureau of Justice Assistance grant for police bulletproof vests.
The county landfill, which operates as a self-funded enterprise fund, is spending $2.78 million this fiscal year.
The city is weighing a budget change to pay for replacing a vehicle that was damaged, a cost that would come from city funds.
County commissioners had Finance staff fold results of a pay study into the budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, a step that could affect county employee compensation.
The city set a public hearing for residents to weigh in on next year's operating and capital budget before council acts on it.
The board's approval sets how much the school district will spend and how staff are paid for the 2025 fiscal year.
The county's proposed budget report lists total spending for the Water Department, a figure residents pay for through water service.
The city's General Fund tax revenue line was raised by $1,760,000 to cover additional departmental spending.
City Hall has been under environmental remediation for water intrusion, and the Police Department is relocating as part of the work, with the project still ongoing nearly a year after it began.
Residents have repeatedly pressed the city for details on funding for its new wastewater treatment plant and for assurance that no rendering, biomass or data center facility is coming.
The November 2025 referendum continues the county's 1% sales tax for six years and clears the way for bonds to build a new county jail, paid for with those sales-tax collections.
A GDOT-funded rebuild of the airport's runway and taxiway lighting is finished after a monthlong runway closure, but the county has not yet paid out roughly $117,000 held back from the contractor.
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