DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis will present his proposed 2011 budget to the county commission on Wednesday afternoon.

Ellis puts the budget together, but the commission has the final approval. A final vote is scheduled for early next year.

Officials say Ellis will likely call for a property tax increase to meet an anticipated $55 million shortfall in next year’s budget.

Commissioner Lee May, chairman of the budget committee, said the commission will not approve a tax hike until the CEO reorganizes the government and makes drastic cuts in spending.

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The renovation of Jekyll Island's Great Dunes golf course includes nine holes designed by Walter Travis in the 1920s for the members of the Jekyll Island Club. Several holes that were part of the original layout where located along the beach and were bulldozed in the 1950s.(Photo by Austin Kaseman)

Credit: Photo by Austin Kaseman