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DeKalb County Council approves small appropriations, two transfers and moves CCD tax rate to public hearing
Summary
The DeKalb County Council approved two $10,000 “additionals,” transfers including a $250 social-media boost and a $30,000 courthouse repair transfer, and moved a proposal to reestablish the CCD tax rate to a public hearing in April.
The DeKalb County Council on March 12 approved several small budget actions and set a public hearing on a proposed cumulative capital development (CCD) tax-rate change. The council voted to approve two “additionals” of $10,000 each from fund 8899—one for repair and maintenance supplies (plaster, paint and carpet) and one for furniture and fixtures—after staff told members the specific cost estimates were about $8,000 for the items in each request.
The Council also approved two transfers. A $250 transfer from Developmental Services operating supplies to advertising will fund boosted posts on the DeKalb 2040 comprehensive plan Facebook page, a move made “to help viewership of the page and events,” according to staff. The motion to approve the $250 transfer was made by Bill Van Wyne and seconded by Bob Kraft; the council voted aye. The Council approved a second transfer of $30,000 from the CUNCap Development Fund (fund 1138) into courthouse repairs to allow payment of invoices related to clerk’s office renovations; staff said the transfer uses previously appropriated incentive-fund money and does not duplicate other funding.
Separately, staff proposed reestablishing the CCD tax rate from 0.0307 to the statutory maximum of 0.0333, noting that 42% of settlement receipts historically go to the county’s bridge fund. Councilors discussed state and legislative uncertainty around property-tax and income-tax proposals and directed staff to advertise the CCD-rate proposal for a public hearing at the April meeting. The council voted to move the CCD-rate matter to that public hearing.
Procedural votes earlier in the meeting included approval of the Feb. 12 minutes and formal acknowledgement of receipt of several reports presented to the council.
The council’s actions were unanimous on these items as recorded in the meeting minutes; no additional appropriations were reported as needed for the approved transfers.
