The Smyrna City Council voted recently to approve a new budget that calls for no millage rate increase but higher property valuations.

This recommended budget of $93.2 million for Fiscal Year 2017 will last from July 1 to June 30, 2017.

The city’s budget includes nearly $44.5 million for the general fund, $26.8 million for the enterprise fund, $17.4 million for the capital project fund, $3.5 million for the special revenue fund and $949,000 for the internal service fund.

General fund revenues are projected to be up $2.3 million over the prior year, which is mainly from the Cobb County Tax Assessor’s re-evaluation of residential property.

Although the city’s millage rate will remain the same at 8.99 mills, the net tax digest will rise by 7 percent due to higher valuations and new development.

The contingency budget is recommended at $609,000, including about $270,000 for an employee merit increase in January 2017.

Information: SmyrnaCity.legistar.com or SmyrnaCity.com.

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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)

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