Cedartown commission holds budget workshop
by Staff
Oct 06, 2008 | 1012 views | 3 3 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend | print
The Cedartown City Commission meets at 6 tonight for a budget workshop.

This meeting will be in the council room of Cedartown City Hall, 201 East Ave.

Commissioners are facing forecasts of reduced revenue for the next year and rising expenses.

Interim City Manager Tommy Engram last week said the commission is committed to cutting costs as necessary to avoid a tax increase.

He said that means both services and personnel are areas that will be considered for possible cuts.
Share This Article |
similar stories

Cedartown commission to approve budget | 3 years ago by Staff

Auditorium budget to be discussed at special Cedartown commission meeting tonight | 14 months ago

Cedartown Commission schedules meeting | 3 years ago by Staff

Cedartown City Commission | 19 months ago

Commission meeting scheduled for Aug 17 | 2 years ago

Comments
(3)
Comments-icon Post a Comment
PolkCountyCitizen
|
October 07, 2008
Your tax increase is already in the works. Seems we need an official CPA who know decimals. How much did it cost the city for 4 workers and 1 truck to patrol downtown for the food festival? I believe you pay a fee to rent a space, is the city reimbursed for the clean up. This is basically a food festival, so let's call it that and charge people to get in and taste the Cookin' of Cedartown Festival'and have some real southern cooking. I know let's post salaries. That should get some talk started. If these were unecessary jobs why were these people hired in the first place. How about all employees taking a pay cut. Times are getting tougher.
Reply
PolkCountyCitizen
|
October 07, 2008
Wait until next year for your tax increase. 4 men one big truck to keep downtown clean for the festival. Each booth should be responsible for cleaning up. Don't they pay a fee to rent that space. Why should the city employees have to clean up their mess. Go up on the fees and pay the City what it costs for 4 men and 1 truck to work all day. It is getting to where it is only food anyway so why don't they just hold a food cookoff and sell tickets.
Reply
KeepingPolkHonest
|
October 06, 2008
"Interim City Manager Tommy Engram last week said the commission is committed to cutting costs as necessary to avoid a tax increase."

I thought the millage rate had already been set and tax bills have been mailed. How asinine is this???? I have just looked at the tax advertisement from the city digest and anyone with half a brain knows there is not 24 million dollars worth of new growth in the city. Who set the millage rate? How is it that the city manager, city financial officer, city clerk, tax clerk, and commissioners can miss an error of that magnitude. Someone should lose their jobs and it should not be the people that get dirty when they do their jobs.
Reply
Postings are not edited and are the responsibility of the author. You agree not to post comments that are abusive, threatening or obscene. Postings may be removed at our discretion.