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Committee creates district capital projects to receive sidewalk waiver fees; members seek budget transparency
Summary
The Transportation Committee approved a substitute ordinance creating capital finance projects for sidewalk waiver fees by council district and directing the transfer of existing trust-account balances into those projects. Council members pressed for balance reports and raised concerns about moving funds to capital rather than operating budgets.
The Atlanta City Council Transportation Committee approved a substitute ordinance June 25 that directs the chief financial officer to create capital finance projects—one for each council district—to receive and expend revenue collected from sidewalk waiver fees and to transfer balances from existing trust accounts into the newly created projects.
The substitute includes language to close out existing trust fund accounts and to amend the capital finance budget; the committee approved the substitute on condition by a 5-0 vote. Deputy Commissioner Lenore Bromberg of the Atlanta Department of Transportation said the change responds to a finance request to move funds into…
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