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Whitfield County approves 2022 budget, ARPA reimbursements and a string of contracts and rezoning actions
Summary
On Dec. 14, 2021 the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners adopted a roughly $48.1 million 2022 budget, approved ARPA reimbursements totaling $2,409,115 for eligible 2021 and anticipated expenses, ratified several contracts and passed multiple land-use and licensing measures.
The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners met Dec. 14, 2021 at the Wink Theatre and approved the county's 2022 budget, a series of contract awards and a set of land-use and licensing items.
The board adopted the 2022 budget of approximately $48.1 million in revenue (motion by Commissioner Barry W. Robbins, seconded by Commissioner Greg Jones). The board also approved a 2021 budget amendment that moves $500,000 from general fund surplus to prepay part of the 2022 pension estimate and transfers $754,500 of surplus to the capital fund (motion by Commissioner John Thomas, seconded by Commissioner Robby Staten). The amendments were approved 4-0.
The board approved reimbursement of $1,617,265 to the general fund for specified 2021 expenses that qualify under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and recognized $791,850 of expected future eligible expenses, for a total of $2,409,115 of ARPA-eligible…
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