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Camden County adopts 2025 budget, funds new homelessness department and Lakeland shelter
Summary
The Camden County Board of Commissioners adopted the 2025 budget as amended, approved a cap-bank resolution and introduced a bond ordinance for county college improvements; the budget creates a new homelessness department and allocates COVID/American Rescue Plan funds to a 60-bed Lakeland residential facility.
The Camden County Board of Commissioners on Thursday adopted the county's 2025 budget as amended and approved a resolution to exceed the statutory appropriations limit and establish a cap bank for 2025. The board also introduced a bond ordinance to finance $3,336,653 in improvements at Camden County College and set a public hearing for May 2025.
Why it matters: The adopted budget creates a new county department to oversee homelessness services and funds construction and programming for a 60-bed residential facility at the county's Lakeland complex, using COVID-era federal funds the county refers to as American Rescue Plan funds.
The board first approved a resolution authorizing the 2025 Camden County budget to be read by title only and then held a public hearing on a separate resolution to exceed the county budget appropriations limit and to establish a cap bank under state law. Director Cappelli opened both hearings and solicited public comment; no members of the public who had registered to speak did so during the cap-bank hearing. After the…
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