Vote coming on Stockbridge budget

A proposed $18.2 million budget for the 2022 fiscal year was discussed most recently at the Stockbridge City Council’s Nov. 30 workshop meeting, with the third and final public hearing and vote to adopt scheduled for the council’s Dec. 13 regular meeting.

The budget increased about $800,000 from what was previously proposed, including an increase in what is to be allocated for the new police department, which now is just over $3 million for the coming years.

Some five dozen new positions will be filled for that department, and the City Council voted Nov. 30 to approve a $754,615.40 expenditure for accessories related to 60 police vehicles as well as $165,175 in design costs for a police precinct building on North Henry Boulevard.