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Bad Links? | PTC to hear public input on $25.8 million FY 06 budgetBy JOHN MUNFORD Citizens will have a chance Thursday night to speak out about the proposed $25.81 million general fund budget for Peachtree City. A public hearing on the matter will be conducted during the City Council meeting at City Hall, which starts at 7 p.m. The proposed budget represents an increase of $1.1 million, or 4.3 percent, over the current years budget. The departmental expenses increased $542,000, representing 2.1 percent of the total budget. The proposed budget includes three full-time positions including a city engineer/project manager, a librarian and a systems specialist for information technology. Two part-time positions are also proposed: a library assistant and a staff assistant for the planning department that is being transitioned from a part-time to a full-time role. The proposed budget includes the use of $1.1 million in cash reserves to balance the books. City staff has also proposed a $2.97 million budget for the annual Public Improvement Program. The PIP includes: $50,000 for architectural design of a new senior citizens center, which would be located between The Gathering Place and the offices for the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater. Plans are to build the senior center in 2007 at an estimated cost of $650,000; $445,000 for parking improvements and paving at the Riley Field and Meade Field recreation complexes; $330,000 to replace 10 police vehicles; $401,258 for a new fire rescue pumper truck; and $273,736 for a new roof and upgrade to the HVAC system at City Hall. These projects and purchases will be financed, ranging from a four-year period for the police cars to five years for the pumper truck and 15 years for the other projects. In 2006, the city plans to spend its $150,000 recreation allotment from the Fayette County Board of Commissioners to build restrooms at Picnic Park, which also includes the All Childrens Playground. The city also anticipates collecting $2.08 million in SPLOST payments for transportation improvement projects. The city also will receive $487,840 in state grants for the new multi-use paths that will be constructed along Ga. Highway 54 West in the area of the road widening project and for landscape enhancements to Hwy. 54 East. |
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