The new Smyrna budget was approved 5-1 June 18 by the Smyrna City Council.
Opposed was Councilwoman Susan Wilkinson.
To be in effect July 1 through June 30, 2019, the $92 million budget is $6.8 million less than this year’s revised budget of nearly $99 million - almost a 7 percent reduction.
For the thirteenth consecutive year, the millage rate will remain at 8.99 mills.
Among the budget changes are:
- 11 new full-time positions.
- new network monitoring software for cybersecurity.
- longevity pay eligibility for all city employees.
- signing bonuses and five-year retention bonuses for police officers.
- increased salaries for city employees.
- a $100,000 transit feasibility study with 80 percent to be paid by the federal government.
Rating agency Standard and Poor’s has given Smyrna its highest rating of AAA with a stable outlook, meaning “access to low-interest rates when new debt is issued,” said Smyrna City Administrator Tammi Saddler Jones and Finance Director Kristin Robinson in a memo to Mayor Max Bacon and the City Council.
An online version of the 382-page document is available at SmyrnaCity.com/home/ShowDocument?id=10590.
Information: Budget Officer Jered Sigmon at 678-631-5408 or jsigmon@SmyrnaGa.gov
