Metro Atlanta
Public safety, libraries get more funding in Henry
Cochran Library in Stockbridge.
More than half of the Henry County general fund budget for the 2023 fiscal year will be devoted to public safety. The $216.9 million budget approved by the Board of Commissioners at its May 17 regular meeting included $115.2 million to those agencies.
Specific items in the new budget include the addition of 10 new police officers and 10 new firefighter/paramedics along with added personnel for the county’s judicial buildings.
One non-public safety area getting more funding is the library system, enough to restore Saturday hours at all five branches for the first time since 2010.
Information: co.henry.ga.us.
