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Fulton holds public meetings on $938 million budget

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Nov 16, 2015

Fulton County will hold a series of public meetings on its 2016 budget beginning Tuesday night in Roswell.

The Board of Commissioners will discuss the proposed $938 million budget Wednesday, but isn’t expected to approve a final budget until January. In the meantime, the public can get information and comment at a dozen upcoming meetings. Several are set for this week:

*6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the East Roswell Library, 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road.

*6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, 4393 Garmon Road NW, Atlanta.

*3 p.m. Friday at the Helene S. Mills Senior Multipurpose Facility, 515 Johns Wesley Dobbs Ave. NE, Atlanta.

For a complete list of upcoming meetings, visit www.fultoncountyga.gov.

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David Wickert writes about the state budget, finance and voting issues. Previously, he covered local government and politics in Gwinnett and Fulton counties. Before moving to Atlanta, he worked at newspapers in Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.

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