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DeKalb FAB recommends budget amendments, advances housing bond plan pending millage vote
Summary
The Finance, Audit & Budget Committee approved several departmental staffing and program amendments and advanced a proposed housing investment tied to a half‑mill increase that officials say would support bond issuance to fund housing production and services; the bond and its revenue rely on a separate millage vote this summer.
DeKalb County’s Finance, Audit & Budget Committee on a special call approved a set of budget amendments and heard detailed presentations on a proposed housing investment program that officials said would be financed in part by a half‑mill increase.
At the outset the committee approved minutes and two contract items (a renewal for police ammunition and a change order for prosecutor case‑management software). The primary policy debate centered on an amendment the CEO’s office proposed to create a recurring annual housing allocation and to enable issuance of a housing investment bond the administration expects to pair with state and private capital.
Chief housing officer Dr. Alan Ferguson told commissioners the plan begins with an annual allocation that would ramp to $12 million–$15…
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