Stephens Co. Commission Starts Budget Retreat Today

Stephens County Commissioners are expected to dive into the Fiscal Year 2017 budget process today.

The county commission has a budget retreat scheduled for today and Friday at the Toccoa-Stephens County Airport.

County commissioners are scheduled to meet from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

This is in preparation for the release of a proposed Fiscal Year 2017 budget for public review.

County Administrator Phyllis Ayers said that a copy of the proposed Fiscal Year 2017 county budget will be available for review by the public starting on June 6 in the office of the County Clerk in the historic Stephens County Courthouse during normal business hours.

Public hearings on the Fiscal Year 2017 budget for Stephens County will take place on June 14 at 8:30 a.m. and June 28 at 5:30 p.m. Both public hearings will take place in the second-floor courtroom of the historic Stephens County Courthouse on Tugalo Street in downtown Toccoa.