Taxes & Public Money in Cornelia
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Where is public money being raised or spent?Public Money issues in Cornelia
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The city will pay Franklin Fence roughly $10,844 to install an automated gate at its Moss Street storage lot, with commissioners shifting budget funds to cover it.
The city is set to consider a contract tied to next year's street paving work.
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.
A higher property tax rate would narrow a city budget shortfall but increase what Cornelia property owners pay.
The fee would be charged in municipal court cases, following the city's earlier request for state authority to collect it.
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.
A blown head gasket has prompted a proposed increase to the Fire Department's vehicle maintenance budget to repair the city's ladder truck.
The draft budget would give city employees a cost-of-living increase and a merit increase, alongside changes to insurance premiums.
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's proposed budget would add a water plant operator and a public information officer while eliminating one Police Department major position.
The city is lining up how to spend sales-tax revenue voters approved on projects that could affect streets, city facilities and fire equipment.
The city's draft FY27 budget sets aside SPLOST VIII sales tax funds for a new pavilion and restrooms at Oak Street Park.
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