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Government budgets detailed for new year Area governmental agencies have adopted budgets for the 2006-07 fiscal year. A recap is of the budgets are detailed here.
Grove Hill The Town of Grove Hill estimated $1.40 million in revenues and $1.44 million in expenditures. The nearly $43,000 deficit will be covered by cash reserves and/or borrowed funds. Major sources of revenue include $700,000 in sales tax revenues, $194,000 in garbage fees and $116,000 in business licenses. The police department gets the lion's share of revenues, $394,300. Public works claims $373,500; general government, $319,400; recreation, $82,000; and fire department, $36,100.
Jackson The budget for the City of Jackson totals $6,520,300. Topping the list in revenues is sales tax received, totaling $4 million. The public utility license generated $746,400 for the city, while garbage fees came in at $547,500. The other top two revenue generators were the property tax at $210,000 and the alcohol tax at $208,000. One action taken by the council was approving a motion to amend the 2006 budget to the actual expenditures and authorize the mayor to carry forward the excess revenue, totaling $400,000, to a capital improvement account. Total expenditures listed for the upcoming fiscal year are as follows: *Alcohol tax transfers for schools, recreation and the nutrition center total $104,000. *Debt service donations total $1,569,150. *Administration expenses total $746,300. *Police department expenses total $1,349,050. *Municipal court expenses total $81,950. *Public works expenses total $1,648,550. *Animal/mosquito control expenses total $93,750. *Airport expenses total $34,800. *Public library expenses total $143,100. *Recreation expenses total $193,850. *H.W. Pearce Memorial Park Assembly House expenses total $108,100. *Economic development expenses total $65,000. *Other general expenses total $382,400. *Fire department expenses total $230,000. Thomasville Thomasville council approved the $6.84 million budget that includes $400,000 in contingency funds. Fulton Futlon reported revenues of some $562,000 and expenditures of $544,000, leaving a surplus of about $18,000. Coffeeville Coffeeville budget estimated $182,000 in revenues and $172,713 in expenses. School budgets The Clarke County Board of Education approved a $33.5 million budget for the county's public schools. The budget for the Thomasville city school system estimates $13.8 million in revenues and $14.2 million in expenditures. The system will reportedly use its reserve funds to make up the deficit. Clarke County Commission Clarke County Commissioners approved a balanced budget of $15,994,014.94. The expenditures are about $900,000 higher than last year's. Expenditure breakdowns are $6,552,787 for the general fund; $90,000 for industrial development; $3,907,620.97 for the gas tax fund; $817,700 for the road and bridge department; $133,154 for public highways; $236,128 for the water fund; $912,000 for resurface, restoration and rehabilitation of roads; $297,000 for secondary roads; $498,366 for appraisal; $487,304 for E-911; $296,386.97 for courthouse renovation; $548,820 jail bond; $528,820 gas tax debit service; $205,428 for general obligation on courthouse addition; $482,842 for obligation on LP project.
Washington County The Washington County Commission's budget is $13,344,588.38 which includes a $3,000,015 ADECA Grant.
The Town of Chatom adopted a budget that anticipated revenues of $1,185,169 and expenses of $1,100,075.
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