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Oconee County Budget Contains No Millage Rate Increase, Lower Draw on Savings, Fee Increases
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners meets on Tuesday night to review a $33.2 million budget that is balanced without a millage rate increase.
When the Oconee County Board of Commissioners meets on Tuesday night, it will be to review a $33.2 million budget for Fiscal Year 2012 that is balanced without a millage rate increase.
The General Fund component of the budget, which is $1.3 million lower than for the current fiscal year, includes a transfer of $505,787 from the county’s surplus. To balance the current fiscal year budget, the county transferred $1,157,894 from the surplus account.
The budget also includes significant fee increases for parks and recreation, water and sewer.
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Citizens will get a chance to comment on the budget on Tuesday night, the first of two called meetings to provide for public hearings. The meeting is at the courthouse.
The meeting on Tuesday is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. in the courthouse.
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The second called meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. on June 21 and is to be followed by a meeting of the commissioners at 7 p.m., at which they are to vote on the budget. Both of these meetings will be in the courthouse.
For more details on the budget, go to Oconee County Observations