The Roswell City Council has given final approval to the city’s FY 2016 budget. Council members also approved a mill levy of 5.455 to fund operations. The general fund portion of the budget comes in at $68.1 million, up from this year’s $63.4 million.
The overall budget including all funds projects revenues at $119.6 million, with $7.2 million coming from reserves, with expenses set to total $119.4 million.
During a May 18 budget hearing, council members made several additions to the budget totaling $303,000, including two new grant programs and a study on parking and storm water in the downtown area. The council also deleted $350,000 in funding for emergency generators.
The budget includes a number of new initiatives, among them nine new full-time employees (including four police officers), $50,000 in salary upgrades for communications officers and nearly $200,000 in funding for the Roswell Arts Commission.
A $1.4 million increase in sales tax revenue and a $0.3 million hike in property tax revenues is projected.
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