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Hoschton council approves FY2026 budget including master plan funding and park allocation
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Hoschton — The Hoschton City Council approved the FY2026 budget at its recent meeting, including $100,000 earmarked for a city master plan and funding toward a planned park that also has a $500,000 grant.
Hoschton — The Hoschton City Council approved the FY2026 budget at its recent meeting, including $100,000 earmarked for a city master plan (described in discussion as a 60/40 split across fiscal years) and funding toward a planned park that also has an associated $500,000 grant award.
Council members spent the bulk of the discussion clarifying how the $100,000 planning contract would be used and whether hiring the land planner under the planned scope could affect eligibility for the $500,000 park grant. Several council members said they prefer the planner the council previously interviewed, and the mayor said the city expects a formal contract to be signed in the coming week and that the mayor would execute it once legal review is complete.
The city’s finance/administrative staff told the council that the overall budget numbers did…
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