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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.
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 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 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 published notice of when residents could weigh in on next year's budget and when commissioners planned to act on it.
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.
The draft budget would give city employees a cost-of-living increase and a merit increase, alongside changes to insurance premiums.
The city's approved 2026 budget funds two new Public Works employees and three permanent part-time firefighter positions.
The city would adjust its budget to account for a $3,350 Bureau of Justice Assistance grant for police bulletproof vests.
The city is weighing a budget change to pay for replacing a vehicle that was damaged, a cost that would come from city funds.
The city is seeking federal community development funding to replace water and sewer lines serving the Garden Gate and Whispering Wood areas.
The award covers water, sewer and storm system upgrades on several Cornelia streets that the water authority had been planning since early 2025.
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