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Milton staff previews 2025 Capital Improvement Element annual update ahead of required public hearing
Summary
City planners presented the draft 2025 Capital Improvement Element (CIE) annual update to Milton council, outlining a financial report for fiscal 2024, project-level tables for parks, police, fire and roads, and a public hearing and transmission schedule required by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
Shuba Jangam, the city’s principal planner, told the Milton City Council on Aug. 11 that the draft 2025 Capital Improvement Element annual update will include a fiscal-year 2024 financial report, project-level expenditure tables for parks, police, fire and roads, and a scheduled work program for 2026–2030. The Georgia Department of Community Affairs requires municipalities that charge impact fees to file the annual update and to hold one public hearing before transmission to the agency.
The annual update compiles impact-fee eligible projects from the CIE adopted last year and the community work program that lists five-year implementation steps, cost estimates and funding sources beyond impact fees. Jangam said the report will show collections, expenditures and balances as of Sept. 30, 2024, and that the city has scheduled a required public hearing for Aug. 18 before presenting a resolution to transmit the draft to the Department of Community Affairs.
Why it matters: the Department of Community Affairs’ filing requirement helps maintain Milton’s qualified local government status. Jangam told the council that adoption and transmission of the annual update by the fall deadlines ensures Milton retains that status, which the staff said is necessary for some local planning and funding processes.
Key details provided by staff include a financial summary for each facility category, project-level expenditures carried forward from the most recent CIE, and minor updates to project implementation years. Jangam said the Department of Community Affairs typically takes up to 40 days to review the transmittal and that staff expects adoption by Oct. 20 if there are no significant follow-up questions.
Council and staff did not take a vote on the CIE at the Aug. 11 work session. Instead, staff said it will present the draft in the Aug. 18 public hearing and bring a resolution to transmit the report to the Department of Community Affairs; adoption of the final report is required by Oct. 31 to maintain the city’s qualified local government status.
Staff also noted that the annual update contains a five-year community work program table and that impacts to implementation years are limited to “minor updates” at this stage. No public comments were received during the Aug. 11 discussion and council did not direct additional changes at that meeting.
The city clerk and planning staff said council members would receive the full draft in their meeting packet before the Aug. 18 hearing, and staff offered to be prepared with answers to any questions at that hearing or afterward if the Department of Community Affairs requests clarifications.
Next steps: staff will present the draft at the Aug. 18 public hearing, attempt to resolve any DCA questions during the agency’s review period (about 40 days), and seek final adoption by mid-October to meet state filing requirements.
