DeKalb launches revenue commission
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DeKalb County has set up a commission to find new sources of revenue to supplement tax dollars.
The commission will hold its first meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Maloof Auditorium in Decatur.
CEO Burrell Ellis and several county commissioners began establishing the group several months ago after being forced to slash more than $50 million from this year’s budget. The county has been struggling with declining property values, a decrease in sales tax and less tax dollars because of the incorporation of Dunwoody.
“The ongoing recession that has gripped our nation compels us to develop new revenue streams and enhance existing ones,” County Commissioner Kathy Gannon said in a statement.
The revenue commission will include finance and business experts, Gannon said.
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