Taxes & Public Money in Toccoa
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Where is public money being raised or spent?Public Money issues in Toccoa
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The city could sell or dispose of police equipment no longer needed, but commissioners have not yet voted on the proposal.
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…
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.
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.
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.
City commissioners have twice placed a proposed lease agreement with a tower company on their meeting agendas, but no vote has been recorded.
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.
City commissioners are set to weigh a lease agreement involving Ping's, though no vote has yet been recorded.
The adopted budget raises general operating spending while cutting water and wastewater spending as state loan funding for capital projects drops.
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 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.
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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