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Council approves Baker Tilly engagement to develop fiscal-sustainability plan and budget support
Summary
Fulton County Council approved a motion to engage Baker Tilly for a fiscal-sustainability plan (not to exceed $35,000), annual budget assistance (not to exceed $25,000) and a local income-tax analysis (not to exceed $5,000); total core scope ~ $60,000 with hourly rates for out-of-scope work.
The Fulton County Council voted April 21 to engage Baker Tilly to begin work on a fiscal-sustainability plan and other budget-assistance services. The scope includes a fiscal-sustainability plan (cost not to exceed $35,000), annual budget assistance (not to exceed $25,000) and a local income-tax analysis (not to exceed $5,000), with the firm’s hourly rates specified for matters outside the engagement.
A council member reviewed the engagement letter and the scope of work submitted in March. The member said the fiscal plan would support financial planning, debt management, and capital-improvement prioritization and also offered optional budget training for council members. Baker Tilly’s managing principal, Eric Walsh, told the council that if work falls outside the written scope it would be billed hourly at published principal, manager, consultant and support-staff rates.
Councilors moved and seconded approval of the scope, and the motion passed unanimously (7–0). Several members noted additional appropriations may be required later to spend bond proceeds or to fund projects recommended in the fiscal plan.
The approved authorization allows staff to finalize contract details and return required paperwork; council members asked staff to track potential follow-up appropriation requests.
