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Forsyth County previews Sept. 25 agenda, including firefighters, bond allocations and public‑health contracts
Summary
County staff briefed commissioners on items headed to the Sept. 25 meeting: funding five Vienna firefighter positions, amending capital project budgets to reflect higher bond premium, several public‑health contracts, a STRAP dam inspection award, airport lighting grants and routine appointments and reports.
Forsyth County commissioners met in a Sept. 22 briefing to preview agenda items for the Sept. 25 meeting, including a budget amendment to fund five firefighter positions, adjustments to bond premium allocations for county and school capital projects, several public‑health contracts and grant‑funded infrastructure work.
Casey Balzer of the county budget office told commissioners the county approved funding for five additional firefighter positions for the Vienna Fire Department, and that the positions’ associated revenue — to be reimbursed from the Vienna tax district — had been overlooked in the FY26 ordinance. "Total cost of 5 firefighters comes to $334,486 at $66,897 each," Balzer said.
Deputy CFO Lee Plunkett outlined amendments to county and education capital project ordinances to allocate additional net bond…
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