Growth of cities comes at a cost to DeKalb County
The creation of new cities in DeKalb is taking its financial toll on the county, says Interim DeKalb CEO Lee May.
May warned Wednesday that the county’s government will soon have to either shrink or raise taxes.
May's proposed 2016 budget is about 2 percent smaller than this year's, and he says county leaders should prepare for further downsizing.
The $1.31 billion spending plan mostly keeps service levels stable from last year while providing funds for road resurfacing, firefighting equipment and the new Office of the Internal Auditor.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
