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Resolution lists mandated levies and line-item amounts to cover courts, elections and county obligations
Summary
A resolution read into the record enumerated mandated expenses and statutory requirements and listed multiple line-item levies the county must cover in 2025; one dollar amount in the posted transcript appears to be mis-transcribed and requires verification with the official resolution.
The board read a Mandated Levy resolution that enumerates expenditures the county must provide by statute or court order and specifies a 1.066-mill levy to cover those mandated costs for 2025.
The resolution text read into the record lists specific dollar amounts for many items, including $698,490 for Magistrate Court operational costs; $18,991 for increases in the Tax Commissioner's minimum salary; $37,622 for increases in the sheriff's minimum salary; $38,402 for Superior Court Clerk salary increases; $4,116 for statewide master jury-list compilation; $219,388 for Superior Court & Clerk's Office costs tied to rule changes; and multiple juvenile-court and other lines.
One line in the posted transcript that pertains to the Public Defender/Indigent Defense levy is recorded as "2,827,82," which appears to be a transcription error; the transcript does not make clear the intended dollar amount. The article therefore reports the line as transcribed and flags it for verification against the official adopted resolution.
The Mandated Levy resolution also references many state laws and O.C.G.A. sections that create or increase duties the county must fund; the resolution was read into the record and incorporated into the adopted levies.
