Two Public Hearings Set for Toccoa’s Proposed FY2020 Budget

Beginning next week, Toccoa residents will have an opportunity to comment on the Toccoa City’s proposed budget for fiscal 2020.

City Manager Billy Morse said the first public hearing on the budget will be held next Monday, May 13th and the following Monday, May 20th.

“The department heads have presented their budgets to the Finance Director and the City Commission met with department heads individually. And now we have a proposed budget for public comment. We have two public hearings in May to receive comments concerning the budget and for the Commission to consider approving the budget and making it official as of July 1.”

Both public hearings will take place at 5p during the Toccoa City Commission’s regular meeting.

The FY2020 proposed budget is $34,524,996.  That is a 4% increase over this year’s budget, according to Morse, which he said is due to some big planned purchases.

“I think it’s important to note that the majority of that increase is that we have budgeted for a new fire truck,” he said. “That is $750,000 for a new, fully equipped fire truck. So that’s  a big part of the increase, but I think it’s also important to not that there are no millage rate increases proposed and no utility rate increases proposed either.”

If you cannot attend one of the City Commission meetings, you can go online to the City of Toccoa Web site to view the proposed FY2020 budget.

Toccoa’s fiscal year begins July 1.

According to Georgia law, City Commissioners must vote to approve the new fiscal budget by June 30.