Many Austell families in need should have a merrier Christmas with the Austell City Council’s approval of $115,600.
The money comes from interest earned on the city’s $5 million Norfolk Southern railroad settlement when the Austell intermodal facility was constructed at U.S. 278 and 6000 Dr. Luke Glenn Garrett, Jr. Memorial Highway.
Among the expenditures will be $1,500 each to 24 area churches.
Six local schools will receive $3,000 to spend $300 on each of 10 families chosen by school officials.
Then $300 will go to each of seven families chosen by the City Council and to 10 families chosen by board members of the Austell Area Community Improvement Commission, or AACIC, which recommends to the council uses for the interest fund.
More expenditures are $2,500 for the Garrett Middle truancy program, $3,000 to Austell Elementary for student lunches and field trips, $6,000 to six schools, $2,000 to Hendricks Elementary for tutoring, $2,500 for Austell First Baptist Church’s 125th anniversary, $1,500 to Austell Elementary for mentoring, $25,000 for churches and schools, $4,000 for Veterans Memorial Park and $10,000 for city employee Christmas bonuses.
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