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County CFO asks board to reallocate $250,000 of Station 3 fire engine cost to impact fees
Summary
Chief Financial Officer Natalie Johnson asked the board to reallocate $250,000 of the Station 3 fire engine purchase from SPLOST 7 to impact-fee funds, saying impact-fee collections have grown and can cover the portion attributable to new development.
Chief Financial Officer Natalie Johnson asked the board to approve reallocating the eligible portion ($250,000) of the Station 3 fire engine purchase from SPLOST 7 funds to impact-fee funds. Johnson said impact-fee collections have increased since the original funding decision and can now finance the growth-attributable portion identified in the county's capital improvement element, preserving voter-approved SPLOST funds for other capital projects.
"Impact fees are specifically intended to fund capital infrastructure needed to serve new development," Natalie Johnson said, asking the board's support for the reallocation to ensure appropriate funding sources are used.
Why it matters: shifting eligible growth-related costs to impact fees preserves SPLOST resources for other voter-approved capital projects and aligns funding sources with their statutory intents.
Next steps: staff requested board approval of the reallocation; no formal board vote was recorded during the work session.
