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Whitfield County commissioners approve budget amendments, grants and multiple procurements; public hearing held on 2024 budget
Summary
At its Dec. 11 meeting the Whitfield County Board approved 2023 budget amendments, accepted a Judicial ARPA grant to fund a DA investigator, approved detention HVAC upgrades and the purchase of sheriff vehicles and a water truck, and heard public comments on the 2024 budget.
The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 11 approved a package of budget amendments, grants, contracts and procurement actions while holding a public hearing on the county’s proposed 2024 budget.
Finance director Debbie Godfrey presented and the board approved 2023 budget amendments that included $2,503.80 from ARPA unrestricted funds to a CDBG-Food Bank grant for administrative costs; adjustments in the Special Revenue Opioid Fund reflecting $118,650 in expenditures and $36,416 in revenue (with the $82,234 difference to be covered by prior settlement funds); and a $1.6 million charge to cover additional medical and pharmacy expenses incurred in 2023, approximately $1.18 million of which will be charged to the General Fund. The motion passed 3-0.
The board unanimously…
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