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Port Wentworth holds FY27 budget hearing; city manager says millage unchanged and amendment is clerical
Summary
At its June 25 meeting the Port Wentworth City Council held a second-reading public hearing on the FY27 budget; City Manager Steve Davis said the millage rate set at 5.216 mills represents no tax increase. The council also reviewed a clerical budget amendment that Davis said has no financial impact.
At a June 25 Port Wentworth City Council meeting, City Manager Steve Davis reviewed details from last week’s budget presentation and said the council previously adopted a millage rate of 5.216 mills, which he described as “no tax increase on the residents.” Mayor Tracy Saunders opened the required public hearing on the FY27 budget and, seeing no one signed up to speak, closed the hearing without public comment.
Davis also presented a proposed budget amendment for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, saying the amendment corrects a clerical error and does not change total dollar amounts. “It has no financial impact, as the dollar amounts are exactly the same,” Davis said.
The meeting record shows several unanimous motions recorded during the session; the transcript excerpt does not specify the exact wording of those motions or explicitly tie each recorded vote to a particular agenda item, so it is not possible from this record alone to identify whether the council took final adoption votes on the FY27 budget or on the amendment during the excerpted portion.
Because the FY27 matter was presented as a second reading and a public hearing was held, any next procedural steps would be set by council rules and the full minutes. The transcript does not record public testimony, amendments to the proposed tax rate, nor further debate on revenue or expenditure lines.
