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From YouTube: Canton GA City Council 3pm June 15 2023
Description
Budget Work Session
C
C
D
You
very
much
so
you
have
been.
You
have
been
presented
with
a
copy
of
a
draft
budget
we
have.
We
have
basically
held
held
our
millage
rate,
steady
as
it
relates
to
this
particular
budget,
just
because
that's
been
the
direction
of
Council
in
Prior
years,
and
so
we
built
the
budget
off
of
the
existing
millage
rate
of
5.4
meals.
Staff
will
be
able
to
give
you
more
information
on
the
revenue
projections
that
they
have
for
next
year.
That's
one
of
the
things
we
want
to
talk
about,
and
then
we've
brought
in
staff
as
well.
D
B
This
is
just
a
very
preliminary
budget
document.
It
is
not
even
complete
and
I'll
highlight
a
few
items
in
there.
It's
just
to
give
you
a
rough
estimate
on
what
we
expect
revenues
to
be
at
this
point
in
time
which
property
taxes
are
still
in
the
appeals
process
that
won't
be
completed
until
June
29th
and
as
the
months
progress
will
improve
our
other
Revenue
estimates
and
we'll
have
department
heads
with
us
to.
B
To
address
expenditures
and
some
Capital
project
ideas,
we
have
not
put
a
majority
of
the
capital
project
requests
into
the
budget,
that's
something
we
want
the
department
heads
to
bring
to
you
and
for
you
to
discuss
today,
while
you're
at
your
Conference
next
week
to
tell
us
what
items
are
of
great
importance
to
you.
So
we
can.
C
So
why
are
we
getting
that
set
just
to
reiterate
for
those
who
may
be
watching
it
on
this
meeting
online?
This
is
our
first
really
meeting
and
work
session
for
the
budget.
We
are
just
reviewing
the
work
that
our
staff
has
done
and
team
has
done
to
repair
the
budget
and
have
these
discussions
and
we'll
be
doing
this
over
the
next
couple
of
months
in
our
first
public
hearing
just
on
the
millage
rate,
which
we're
required
to
advertise
by
law
will
be
this
evening.
C
So
again,
this
is
a
work
in
progress
as
every
year
and
a
lot
I
want
to
thank
the
team
for
I
know
we're
kind
of
we're
starting
the
process
tonight,
but
I
know
the
team's
been
working
on
this
for
quite
a
while.
So
I
want
to
always
want
to
thank
our
team,
our
department,
heads
and
the
entire
team
for
their
hard
work
that
goes
into
this,
and-
and
we
look
forward
to
working
through
this
together
in
the
days
weeks
and
months
ahead,
so.
B
And
as
Billy
mentioned,
the
general
fund
budget
is
established
with
a
5.4
million
rate.
This
will
be
the
seventh
year
that
can
has
maintained
the
5.4.
If
Council
elects
to
do
this
thing
this
year
and
up
through
2022,
it
was
the
lowest
effective.
Millage
rate.
Excuse
me
for
any
of
the
Cities
in
Cherokee,
County
and
that'll
be
shown
in
our
presentation
tonight
on
the
millage
rate.
B
E
C
B
B
And
so
we
can
start
just
by
highlighting
a
few
of
our
revenues.
That's
our
first
line
is
our
estimate
on
real
estate,
personal
property
tax.
That's
the
statements
that
all
of
our
citizens
and
taxpayers
are
going
to
be
receiving
in
the
mail
due
in
November.
Of
course.
Right
now,
it's
still
preliminary
people
have
this
appeals
process
to
go
through
and
that
number
is
adjusted
Down
based
on
a
98
collection
rate.
It
could
potentially
go
lower
than
that
because
of
the
senior
exemptions.
B
That's
something
that
we
don't
the
definitive
number
on
yet,
but
you'll
see
it
is
significantly
increased
over
the
previous
year
and
that's
largely
because
of
Assessments
50
percent
of
the
assessment
increase
is
due
to
new
construction.
Approximately
50
percent
is
due
to
inflation,
and
that
goes
is
reflected
in
the
property,
personal
property
taxes,
motor
vehicle
taxes
and
the
mobile
home
taxes.
B
B
B
B
B
If
you
have
any
questions,
just
let
me
know:
yeah
you'll
notice,
the
red
speed
estimate
it's
over
a
million
dollars
and
a
lot
of
those
it's
not
first
time.
Those
are
a
lot
of
repeat
fines,
you'll
notice.
At
the
very
bottom
there
we
have
a
transfer
from
the
arpa
funds,
that
is
to
utilize
the
remaining
remainder
of
our
arpa
funds.
We
do
not
have
to
do
that,
but
it
is
available
to
us
this
year.
E
You
have
a
sheet
in
front
of
you
that
I
asked
Miss
Fortner
to
to
print
off
and
provide
to
you
this
labeled
significant
items
fiscal
year,
2024
Budget
on
that
list.
You
see
a
copy
of
it
on
online
and
again
I
apologize,
it's
so
hard
to
read
online
we're
trying
to
give
the
audience
and
everyone
that's
that
allow
them
to
follow
along
on
this
sheet.
What
I've
done
is
I've
listed
out
all
of
the
requests
from
each
of
our
departments
list
out
all
their
significant
requests.
E
Now
the
majority
of
these
requests
are
Kaplan
nature,
the
increase
in
our
health
insurance,
which
is
a
second
line
line
item,
but
these
are
listed
out
per
fund,
you'll
notice
that
First
Column
is
general
fund,
and
in
years
past
we
we've
given
you
a
separate
sheet
per
fund.
But
what
happens?
Is
we
have
an
individual
that
you
know
that
that
part
of
their
expenditures
within
their
within
their
Authority
or
in
the
general
fund
part?
E
E
We
are
trying
to
move
as
many
of
the
expenditures,
especially
Capital
expenditures
to
the
other
funds
as
appropriate
and
as
we
can,
for
example,
moving
as
many
of
these
Capital
expenditures,
displaced,
the
impact
fees
to
hotel,
motel
tax
funds
or
others
like
arpa,
Etc
and
you'll
see
that
down
the
side.
If
you
see
a
comment
on
the
right
side,
I've
tried
to
list
out
the
fun
or
the
area
where
that's
coming
from
I
hope
that's
self-explanatory.
But
if
not,
please
let
me
know
at
this
time.
E
E
On
page
two,
and
what
I've
asked
for
them
to
do
is
just
just
go
down
that
list
just
to
make
sure
that
you're
familiar
with
what
project
we're
talking
about
and
kind
of,
give
you
an
idea
of
how
we're
going
to
pay
for
that
project.
For
example,
if
it's
Blaster
impact
fee
funds
and
then
a
lot
of
these
funds
cover
a
multiple
period
multiple
years
and
so
just
give
you
kind
of
an
idea
of
hey
it's.
E
F
F
F
This
will
be
paid
for
with
sploss
and
impact
fees
and
then
partially,
it's
80
20
split
for
the
federal
funding
and
then
on
the
highway
140
at
Reinhardt
that
it's
the
same
same
there
we've
been
working
on
it
for
the
last
few
years
and
then
we'll
continue
working
on
it
for
the
next
two
years,
with
the
same
kind
of
with
each
fiscal
year,
and
then
the
reservoir
at
Reinhardt
signal.
That's
the
signal.
That's
in
design.
F
Currently,
that's
with
GDOT
we've
been
working
on
that
for
the
last
year,
I
have
in
this
budget
year
for
the
complete
construction
being
paid
for
with
swast
and
impact
fees,
and
then
the
East
Main
Street
pedestrian
Crossing
is
the
crossing
at
East
Main,
Street
close
to
Bridge
Street,
and
that
is
being
paid
for
with
splashed
the
raised
Grant,
which
is
various
GDOT
projects
in
the
South
Canton
area
on
Highway.
That's
about
five
different
projects,
and
this
this
would
be.
F
If
we
received
the
grant
funds,
we
would
be
responsible
for
80
percent
or
I'm.
Sorry,
we
would
be
responsible
for
20
percent.
The
grant
will
pay
for
80
percent
and
then
part
of
those
projects
will
be
funded
through
Cherokee
County.
This
is
a
joint
project
and
then
the
Etowah
River
pedestrian
bridge
project
is
the
for
the
Etowah
River
pedestrian
bridge
over
the
mill
at
the
Mill,
and
this
will
be
paid
for
through
sploss
and
impact
fees,
as
well
as
the
grant
Appalachian
Regional
Commission.
C
C
C
A
F
It's
I
guess
it's
not
that
they
won't
happen.
It's
just
that
we
will
have
to
kind
of
step
back
and
and
talk
about
which
projects
we
want
to
do
we're
paying.
We
would
be
paying
for
I
guess,
probably
around
360ish
thousand
dollars
for
the
20
so
and
that's
over
five
different
projects
and
it's
all
the
way
from
the
prominence
Point
all
the
way
to
about
bowling
Park.
So
we
would
just
have
to
come
together.
I
mean
we're
pretty
optimistic
about
it,
working
with
Cherokee
County.
F
C
F
G
E
It
it
reminds
me,
as
is
the
case
with
a
lot
of
these
capital
projects,
it's
sometimes
very
difficult
for
us
to
estimate
exactly
what
portion
or
percentage
of
that
project
is
going
to
be
completed
within
a
certain
fiscal
year
as
you'll
notice,
some
of
the
under
utility
engineer,
I,
put
in
parenthesis
the
total
project
cost
I
wish
I'd
I
had
thought
about
doing
that
with
Miss
Watson's
engineering
projects
as
well.
That
kind
of
give
Council
an
idea
of
hey.
E
H
H
Some
of
those
are
just
aging
they're,
they're
going
to
be
slowly
replaced,
but
this
will
not
replace
all
of
them.
We're
just
going
to
do
this
in
stages,
so
the
river,
green,
sidewalk
and
curb
replacement
is
something
we've
been
looking
at
kind
of,
went
through
and
done
a
few
of
these
broken
areas
and
stuff,
but
it's
just
too
much
to
to
do
without
putting
a
budget.
H
So
we
just
want
to
knock
it
all
out
at
once
this
year
and
then
mowers,
one
of
the
we're
replacing
a
lot
of
mowers,
but
one
of
the
ones
that
stands
out.
It's
kind
of
a
big
expense
is
the
two
electric
mowers
they're,
the
big
commercial
electric
for
downtown.
We
want
to
switch
all
of
our
equipment
downtown
to
Electric.
H
Yes,
I:
don't
think
it
replaces
every
single
cam,
but
it's
a
majority
of
them.
The
accounts
that
we
have
two
bathroom
Renovations
are
Erp
and
Brown
Park
and
all
we're
doing.
There
is
there's
some
rusty
door
frames
and
trim
and
stuff
that's
coming
off,
and
you
know
like
painting
the
floors
and
and
replacing
some
aging
stuff
just
to
refresh
those
those
bathroom
facilities
installing
a
ring
Garden
at
Heritage
Park.
H
So
that's
that's
kind
of
the
thought
process
behind
that
and
then
there's
two
prefab
bathroom
facilities
and
it's
the
ones
like
we
put
in
over
at
Heritage
Park
one
would
go
at
bowling
park
somewhere
around
the
walking
Track
to
replace
the
porta
johns
that
are
always
there
kind
of
hate
having
those
serviced
all
the
time
and
and
people
haven't
used,
Porta
Johns
in
that
area.
So
we
wanted
to
put
in
something
a
little
bit
nicer
and
it
would
be
some
of
those
prefab
facilities
again.
I
H
H
Based
we
actually
did
something
similar
in
great
Sky
a
couple
of
years
ago,
where
we
went
through
and
replaced
a
lot
of
sidewalk
and
stuff,
and
we
did
the
same
for
Laurel
Canyon,
going
up
the
hill
where
those
trees
had
popped
sidewalks,
but
yeah.
We've
had
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
issues
in
there
with
with
sidewalk
and
curbing
things
like
that.
D
Particularly
as
our
neighborhoods
are
hitting
15
to
20
years,
some
of
them
were
starting
to
see
more
maintenance
related
issues
on
so
instead
of
instead
of
trying
to
do
the
one-offs.
If
we
can
go
in
and
get
a
contractor
to
do
the
whole
thing
at
one
time,
it's
more
efficient
for
us,
it's
more
efficient
for
the
neighborhood,
and
it
keeps
all
of
that
maintenance.
Basically,
on
the
same
schedule.
C
Have
we
considered
or
I
know,
you
know
a
few
years
ago,
when
we
were
selecting
streets
to
pave,
we,
you
know
hired
a
firm
to
come
in
and
you
know,
look
at
all
the
streets
and
create
priorities
for
us
kind
of
a
third
party
assessment.
We
consider
doing
something
similar
with
sidewalks
I
mean
just
to.
C
E
Thank
you,
Council.
Thank
you.
Mr
Hooper,
as
and
also
Mr
Hooper
may
have
mentioned,
but
he's
going
to
use
those
electric
mowers
in
the
downtown
area
and
they're.
They
are
considerably
quieter
in
in
our
conventional
mowers.
But
right
now
we
have
one
push:
mower,
that's
electric
correct,
Mr,
Hooper,
the
rest
of
them.
These
will
be
replaced,
will
be
combustion
mowers
from
page
one
you'll
see
I
know
the
chief
with
the
police
department.
E
D
C
Because
I
do
think
it's
important
that
we
do
know
that
and
I
mean
hopefully
we'll
get
awarded
all
of
them,
but
if
not
I
think
we
do
have
decisions
to
make
as
far
as
projects
do,
we
only
include
those
projects
that
we
do
and
how
would
we
fund
them
or,
if
not,
you
know
which
once
we
want
to
include
for
this
year
budget.
So
thank
you,
Chief
you're
up
now
so
good
afternoon,
mayor.
J
J
J
Canine's
capabilities
are
are
just
amazing,
I
I
often
just
am
amazed
that
we're
in
2023
and
there's
still
not
any
kind
of
technology
or
robot
that'll
do
what
those
dogs
can
do
the
way
that
they
can
clear
businesses
if
we
have
burglars
or
burglary
calls,
or
they
can
clear,
wooded
areas.
If
we
think
we
may
have
an
armed
suspect
they
do
it
so
quickly
and
provide
so
much
more
safety
for
us.
J
J
Of
course
we
have
to
wait
for
care
for
their
canine
to
get
there
and
in
those
kinds
of
situations,
minutes
can
mean
the
difference
in
life
and
death
they
did
get
to
us
and,
as
we
went
into
the
woods,
the
child
walked
out
of
the
woods.
So
we
had
a
good
outcome
out
of
that.
But
those
are
the
kinds
of
things
we
would
like
to
have
our
own
capabilities
and
maybe
cut
down
some
of
the
time
and
be
able
to
use
those
dogs
to
to
search
for
children
to
search
for
elderly.
J
As
I
said,
they
provide
safety
for
us
for
our
citizens
and
kind
of
down
the
the
road
a
little
bit.
It's
also
a
great
recruiting
tool.
People
who
are
people
when
they
come
into
law
enforcement
want
to
work
at
agencies
that
have
specialized
units
in
different
units,
and
we
have
applicants
that
are
potential
applicants
that
call
us
and
one
of
the
questions
they
ask
is:
do
you
have
a
canine
program
and
again
down
the
road?
It's
also
a
great
Public.
Relation
people
love
the
dogs,
it's
kind
of
like
our
electric
motorcycles
down
at
the
park.
J
J
The
the
other
items
on
here
and
this
goes
hand
in
hand
with
the
canine,
is
the
drones
I've
been
in
this
business
long
enough
to
remember
when
everybody
wanted
helicopters?
Well,
you
don't
need
helicopters
anymore,
so
with
the
Drone.
This
drone
is
a
law
enforcement,
specific
drone.
It
has
a
lot
of
different
capabilities
on
it.
It
has
the
regular
cameras
on
it,
but
it
also
has
infrared
and
thermal
imaging
on
it.
J
It
has
a
megaphone
on
it,
where
we
can
actually
give
commands
from
the
drum
whether
we're
giving
commands
to
a
suspect
that
may
be
in
the
woods
to
warn
them
before
we
send
a
dog
or
whether
we're
looking
for
a
child
and
we're
able
to
call
out
to
them
or
an
elderly
person
from
the
Drone.
It
has
a
spotlight
on
it
that
either
can
light
up
an
entire
area
or
it
even
at
a
half.
A
mile
is
a
very
narrow
light
that
you
can
put
down
in
a
wooded
area.
J
The
internal
affairs
software,
it's
a
it's
a
software
program
where
currently
we
have
different
files
that
get
get
done
we're
we
are
very
responsible
fiscally
over
there.
If
there's
a
piece
of
equipment
that
gets
damaged,
no
matter
how
small
a
piece
it
is,
we
do
an
investigation,
it's
an
instant
review
board,
an
IRB!
Well,
that's
a
folder
that
the
Corporal
goes
and
we're
paramilitary.
So
there's
a
chain
of
command,
so
the
corporal's
got
to
see
it.
It's
got
to
go
with
Sergeant,
it's
got
to
go
Lieutenant.
It's
got
to
go
with
cap.
J
There's
three
floors
over
there,
there's
no
telling
where
that
folder
is
half
the
time
we
have
those
going.
We
have
accident
review
board.
If
we,
if
we
have
an
officer,
has
an
accident,
they
have
those
photos
going
complaints,
complaint
folders
are
going
Internal,
Affairs
investigations
and
use
of
force.
All
of
those
are
separate
folders
that
have
to
go
all
the
way
through
the
chain
and
command.
This
would
house
it
all
electronically,
so
that
you'd
be
able
to
see
it
immediately.
J
J
Of
course,
aeds,
everyone
knows
I,
think
the
council
we've
had
several
times
where
we've
come
in
front
of
you,
where
our
officers
have
used
aeds
and
and
saved
people's
lives
out
here.
So
we
want
every
vehicle
to
have
an
AED
in
it
and
also
our
specialized
vehicles
that
are
down
at
the
park
where
people
may
be
out
walking
or
exercising
and
suffer
some
type
of
medical
issue.
C
J
C
Okay
and
then
you
provided
a
great
example
on
the
the
missing
six-year-old
recently.
Can
you
think
of
other
specific
incidents
like
in
the
past
year?
Are
the
cases
that
those
units
would
have
come
in
handy
I'll?
Stop
that
sorry
to
ask
you
to
follow
on
the
spot,
but
other
I
know
you
mentioned
specific
types
of
cases,
but
can
you
think
of
other
or
other
instances?
We
may
have
been
waiting
for
Cherokee
County
that
that,
if
we
had
our
own,
it
would
have
saved
time
or
possibly
lies
or
things
of
that
nature.
C
J
Sir,
and
and
again
I
would
I
would
want
to
lead
off
by
saying
we're
very
appreciative
of
Cherokee
County
and
their
partnership.
They've
been
great
to
to
work
with
us,
but
we
have
the
the
elderly
walking
away
is
is
truly
a
two
times
a
week,
if
not
more
type
thing.
We
had
one
of
those
I
think
a
month
ago
where
the
gentleman
had
Alzheimer's
and
walked
away,
and
we
found
him
near
a
body
of
water
which
is
unfortunately
where
they're
they're
usually
drawn
to.
But
again
that
was
an
extended
and
he
was.
J
He
had
gotten
a
great
distance
away.
The
thing
with
the
canine
is
it
true:
it
can
carry
I'll
cover
so
much
ground
so
quickly,
and
then
you
put
that
with
a
drone.
It
would
certainly
work
well.
We
had
the
aggravated
assault
case
a
few
months
ago
where
a
person
was
shot
and
the
person
had
the
suspect
had
taken
off
running.
J
We
we
had
to
wait
on
both
the
Drone
and
the
canine
on
that
before
we
were
able
to
start
a
track
and
also
on
that
one
we
felt
like
they
had
thrown
the
weapon
into
a
grass
area.
So
we
needed
a
dog
that
was
trained
for
evidence,
recovery
and
at
that
point,
Cherokee
County's
dollar
wasn't
working
that
did
ever
so.
We
had
to
wait
about
an
hour
and
20
minutes
for
Cobb
County
dog
to
get
to
us
and
in
in
what
it
would
have
taken
us
four
or
five
people.
C
The
great
specifics,
thank
you
so
much
and
with
these
two
additional
officers
for
the
K-9
units,
would
those
be
two
additional
officers
or
to
existing
officers
of
the
total
or
really
looking
to
add
to
the
total
force
or
yes,
sir,
we
are
okay,
okay
and
then
one
just
last
general
question.
If
I'm
reading
this
correctly,
the
total
Police
Department
budget
we'll
look
at
an
increase
of
around
a
little
less
than
a
million
dollars.
C
C
I
guess
I
just
want
to
reiterate
that
that
that
is
one
of
the
primary
use
of
those
funds
and
that
we
are
kind
of
allocating
and
using
those
funds.
You
know
accordingly,
so
I
just
wanted
to
yes
to
make
that
note
to
myself
and
others
who
may
be
listening.
So
other
questions
for
chief
Miss,
Wilson
I'm.
J
G
J
J
But
one
of
the
companies
that
we're
looking
at
to
purchase
the
dogs
is
in
Pickens
County.
It's
a
very
well
it's
new
to
Pickens
County,
but
it's
a
very
well
established
company.
They
also
have
areas
that
if
your
canine
Handler
is
going
to
be
on
vacation,
they
will
board
the
dog
for
you,
so
they
you
have.
It
boarded
at
a
place
where
Specialists
and
vets
are
in
yeah.
G
J
Yes,
ma'am
I
think
18
500
is
the
dog,
but
that's
also
10
weeks
of
training
for
our
office.
Okay,
the
the
blessing
is
that,
prior
to
this
place,
opening
which
just
opened
in
the
last
few
months
Florida
is
where
we
would
had
to
send
our
our
officers
for
10
weeks,
so
we'd
had
per
diem
for
10
weeks
with
that
hotel
then
have
been
away
from
the
family
for
10
weeks.
So
this
was
quite
a
blessing
that
it's
it's
right
up
the
road
that
would
be
able
to
do
this.
I
J
Sir,
not
that
I
know
of
we
have
a
an
officer
that
is
interested
in
the
program
who
has
been
going
out
with
I,
think
Cherokee
and
maybe
Forsyth
County
and
just
training
with
them.
But
we
have
not
even
posted
the
position
yet
because
it
hasn't
been
approved
by
Council.
So
but
I
guess
that's
the
long
way
of
saying
no
sir.
We
don't
have
anymore
right
now.
I
did
manage
the
canine
program
in
Cobb
County.
I
G
C
E
Regarding
splashed
expenditures
and
I'm
sure
miss
Forster
could
also
add
to
this
and
my
time
as
an
auditor
we
generally
didn't
like
to
include
maintenance
items
because
the
general
definition
of
splos
is
it
can
be
capitalized.
What
our
Auditors
will
tell
us.
Are
you
capitalizing
carpet
or
paint
now
in
the
responses?
No,
we
capitalize
the
building
as
a
whole,
so
they
would
say
when
you
go
in
and
replace
something
like
that,
don't
capitalize
it
and
if
you
don't
capitalize
it
generally,
we
don't
that's
ambiguous,
though
I
mean
it.
E
C
E
Some
amounts
for
consideration
of
compensation
adjustments,
as
everyone
I'm
sure,
you're,
aware
of
the
we
we
look
at
what's
called
the
ECI,
the
employment
cost
index,
it's
very
similar
to
the
CPI
Consumer
Price
Index,
on
what
compensation
levels
are
doing
and,
as
we
all
know,
those
compensation
levels
are
increasing.
We've
seen
rates
somewhere
in
the
four
to
five
percent
range,
so
whatever
is
decided
upon.
We
we
needed
to
make
sure
that
we
put
some
consideration
within
the
budget
for
that
for
some
potential
compensation.
E
Adjustments,
so
you'll
see
that
as
line
item,
one
I
mentioned
to
you
or
I
think
Ms
Forrester
did
that
we
put
some
increase
in
health
insurance
premiums
right
now.
The
city
pays
approximately
about
a
million
dollars
for
health
insurance
for
its
team
members
and
so
10
percent.
We
budgeted
10
percent.
We
never
get
it
right.
Sometimes
it
comes
back
six.
E
Seven
percent,
and
then
in
years,
especially
in
recent
years,
we've
seen
renewals
come
back
at
12
or
13,
so
we
put
10
percent
in
there
for
health
insurance
going
a
little
bit
further
down
it.
When
you,
where
you
see
Capital
requests
and
you
see,
Administration,
we've
got
a
Parks
and
Recreation
master
plan.
The
RFP
is
out
right
now,
I
think
it's
due
back
June
29th
June
29th
at
the
end
of
the
month.
We
plan
on
getting
that
started
in
part
this
year.
E
But
of
course
we
need
to
allocate
some
funds
in
it
for
next
year,
because
it'll
be
finishing
up,
probably
around
you
know.
After
the
new
year
we
have
a
first-time
homebuyers
program
we
put
about
500
000
in
housing
and
residential
services,
for
that
first
time,
home
buyers,
program
and
other
housing
and
residential
services.
Mr
Patton
is
here.
If
y'all
want
to
have
any
questions
regarding
that
program
or
or
the
funding
to
end
assistance
to
the
Canton
Housing
Authority
he's
here.
E
If
y'all
have
any
questions
on
that,
you'll
see
just
below
that
inner
Dev
technology,
sixty
thousand
dollars
our
servers
and
it
when
I
saw
that
number
I'm
right
there
with
you
I
said
I
can't
believe
server
serve,
have
gotten
that
expense
of
the
rack
servers
that
control
all
of
our
Network.
They
are
past
age
to
be
replaced.
This
is
a
replacement
for
those
servers.
Mr
Morgan,
unfortunately,
is
not
able
to
be
with
us
today,
but
if
you
have
any
questions
on
that,
I'll
be
more
than
happy
to
pass
that
along
camera
equipment.
E
E
We
worked
with
a
company
called
a
g
and
the
quote
came
back
at
a
little
over
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
to
implement
all
of
those
cameras
that
was
comprehensive
through
a
lot
of
our
Parks
through
Heritage
bowling,
Etowah
River
Park,
even
a
few
places
throughout
the
city
again
for
security,
mainly
security
reasons,
moving
down,
theater
lighting
and
sound
equipment.
I
know
that
that's
been
a
hot
button
topic
is
to
better
equip
our
theater
for
Sound
and
Lighting
Miss
Miss
Norton
green
is
here
with
us
tonight.
E
She
can
answer
any
questions
you
may
have
about
that:
building,
HVAC
repairs
for
PD
and
City
Hall.
That's
part
of
the
Schneider
contract.
That's
already
been
approved
by
Council
again,
those
are
plug
numbers
I'm,
not
sure
how
much
we're
going
to
get
in
this
fiscal
year.
So
don't
hold
me
to
The
Six
Million,
four
minutes,
just
whatever's
residual.
After
that.
E
Year
in
fiscal
year
24,
but
that's
probably
not
going
to
be
true,
Miss
Wilson,
it's
probably
going
to
be
more
like
half
and
half,
but
we
don't
know
that
right
now
until
we
get
the
the
first
invoice
as
to
how
much
it's
probably
going
to
next
year,
so
really
again,
that's
in
spliced,
so
it's
a
capital,
so
it
can
be
adjusted
later
on.
Yes,
ma'am,
yes,
ma'am!
E
K
Oh,
thank
you.
I
passed
out
a
sheet
showing
all
the
projects
that
are
ongoing
right
now,
as
well
as
some
future
projects
real
quickly.
You
know
the
water
pollution
control
plant
is
underway,
we're
making
really
good
progress.
Now.
Georgia
Power
has
energized
our
Transformers.
We
now
have
power
to
the
plant
old
Ball,
Ground
sewer
and
Trail
I
just
received
the
peer
review
report
today.
K
K
K
Realistically,
it
probably
wouldn't
come
online
to
like
2030.,
but
there
is
a
this
process
of
doing
the
RFP
and
getting
an
engineer
selected
in
the
design
and
construction.
So
that's
I
want
to
get
that
started.
I
did
include
a
couple
of
projects
on
that
sheet.
That
I
didn't
include
in
the
budget,
because
I
really
wasn't
sure
we
had
the
ability
to
get
them
all
done
this
year.
K
One
of
them
is
the
water
main
replacement
along
the
Etowah
River
along
the
mill.
It's
about
a
a
mile
of
pipeline
that
I
know
we
had
some
leaks
on
there
and
it's
old
old
cast
iron
with
lead
joints
that
we
want
to
replace
and
then
we've
had
an
issues
with
an
old
line
on
Ridge
Pine
Drive.
It's
an
old
PBC
line,
it's
broken
I,
don't
know
how
many
times
that's
also
been
on
the
list
to
repair
it.
K
I,
just
don't
want
to
put
all
the
funds
in
it
and
just
not
use
it
so
we'll
see
how
the
year
goes,
but
that's
kind
of
where
we're
going
right
going
on
right
now
and
a
lot
of
these
like
Nathan
was
saying,
go
all
for
several
years.
So
if
anyone
has
any
questions,
be
more
than
willing
to
answer
them
for
you.
K
K
They
were
well
the
master
plan.
They
we
knew
we
knew
this
is
coming
on
the
water
plant.
We
now
have
a
site
which
is
up
on
the
Bluffs
on
our
20
acres.
I
guess
is
that
south
of
the
County
building
I
believe,
and
you
know
we
would
do
the
art.
So
we
got
the
site,
we
got
the
we
own,
the
properties
which
is
a
big
plus,
and
we
just
go
through
and
put
out
the
RFP
for
engineering
firms
to
do
the
design
and
and
CM
services.
K
C
E
If
you
look
at
the
rest
of
the
budget,
we
try
to
do
a
good
job
at
bringing
last
year's
figures.
What
operationally,
what's
required
to
maintain
the
status
quo
is
what
we've
used
in
the
past.
So
we
try
to
do
that.
We
try
to
be
very
frugal
with
taxpayer
monies,
which
I
think
are
the
maintaining
a
5.4
millage
rate
over
the
many
years
is
a
reflection
of
so
I.
E
B
In
order
to
support
Dave's
projects
and
the
completion
of
the
pollution
control
plant,
we
need
to
discuss
the
water
and
sewer
revenues.
So
here's
just
a
brief
example:
you'll
see
that
in
your
packet
and
you'll
notice
that
we
are
anticipating
revenues
to
go
up.
That
is
because
we
are
going
to
ask
for
a
two
and
a
half
percent
increase
on
Water
and
Sewer
fees
in
fiscal
year
2024,
and
just
to
give
an
example
of
what
that
increase
would
look
like
currently
for
a
standard
customer
family
of
four
using
three
thousand
gallons
of
water
per
month.
B
The
current
rates
would
amount
to
a
water
bill
of
51.63
if
we
implement
the
two
and
a
half
percent
increase
on
Water
and
Sewer.
That
would
increase
that
bill
to
52.91
per
month,
so
on
a
monthly
basis
that
two
and
a
half
percent
increase
is
a
dollar
and
28
cents
on
an
annual
basis.
That
increase
would
amount
to
approximately
15.36.
B
And
that
rate
increase
was
recommended
by
our
water
study
that
we
had
completed
several
years
ago
in
order
to
continue
to
afford
the
water
pollution
control,
plant
improvements
and
other
repairs
and
maintenance
and
infrastructure
improvements
for
the
water
and
sewer
and
if
you'll
notice,
here
on
the
revenues,
the
bottom
line
estimate
for
the
fiscal
year.
2022
budget
is
lower
than
the
previous
year
and
that's
because
of
the
completion
of
or
partial
completion
of
the
water
pollution
control
plant
and
the
reduction
of
the
need
to
draw
on
reserves.
B
You'll
see
in
the
current
year,
2023
budget
we're
probably
going
to
be
utilizing
over
seven
million
dollars
in
reserves.
That's
money
we
had
set
aside
knowing
we
had
all
these
future
construction
projects
in
the
online,
so
in
the
2024
budget,
we're
only
anticipating
the
need
to
use
a
little
over
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
our
Reserves.
B
B
B
And
significant
differences
in
the
sanitation
fund
for
next
year
versus
this
year
is
that
main
line
item
roll
off,
Disposal
Services
and
that's
in
the
middle
there
and
then
towards
the
bottom
you'll
notice.
Currently
we
do
not
have
it
budgeted
for
the
sanitation
fund
to
contribute
towards
indirect
cost
allocations.
B
B
B
But
somebody's
got
to
run
the
sanitation
and
manage
it
and
we
we
process
the
payroll.
We
cover
the
insurance
for
that
facility
at
Ridge
Road.
So
without
doing
the
indirect
cost
allocations,
we're
pretty
much
saying
we're
not
asking
the
sanitation
fund
to
participate
in
any
of
those
costs
to
run
the
city.
C
B
You'll
see
our
expenditures
are
transferring
to
the
general
fund
and
down
in
the
bottom,
is
the
yellow
highlight
which
you
can't
see
on
the
screen,
but
you
may
be
able
to
see
at
your
desk,
and
that
is
a
portion
of
this
in
direct
cost
allocations.
That's
where
we
were
going
to
utilize
part
of
the
grant
funds
to
reimburse
the
general
fund
for
a
portion
of
the
administration.
We
have
all
these
meetings
about
how
we're
going
to
spend
arpa
funds
I
have
to
file
paperwork
reports
quarterly
for
the
next
seven
years
on
this
stuff.
C
D
C
D
C
And
I
I
just
bring
that
up
because
I
know
there
were
some
questions
about
the
Roloff
site
and
you
know
losing
money
in
that
earlier
and
just
for
those
who
may
be
listening
that
you
know,
the
role
of
site
is
a
service
to
our
citizens.
It's
free
of
charge,
and
you
know
it's
also
we'd.
Rather
our
citizens
be
taking.
You
know
their
items
there
versus
dumping
them
throughout
the
city.
C
So
it
is
a
service
and
it's
you
know
it
is
strategic
for
other
reasons,
but-
and
there
are
items
included
in
that-
that's
not
just
related
to
the
road
off
site,
so
just
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
was
looking
at
that
right
and
anyone
who
might
be
looking
at
this.
You
know
at
home
that
they
they
understand
some
of
those
nuances
of
that
as
well.
So
sorry,
thank
you.
That's.
B
B
B
And
expenditures,
we
have
restricted
use
of
revenues
in
the
hotel,
motel
tax
fund
and
so
right
now
we
plan
on
putting
the
bulk
of
those
receipts
towards
Canton
tourism
projects.
So
that's
something
you
may
want
to
consider
having
conversations
with
the
tourism
board
and
some
project
ideas
that
you
might
want
them
to
support
as
a
recipient
of
a
majority
of
the
hotel,
motel
tax
funds.
B
B
B
C
G
E
E
Throughout
the
city
does
that
make
sense,
one
of
the
reasons
that
that
we
put
in
some
consideration
for
compensation
adjustments,
because
I
don't
know
that
we
had
a
good
recommendation
or
good
direction
on
what
exactly
we
wanted
wanted
to
do
so
I'll
defer
that
question
to
Mr
Peppers
but
I'm,
not
you
know
whether
it's
a
one
percent
five
percent,
ten
percent
or
a
twenty
percent
company.
You
know
I,
don't
think
that
decision
is
it
won't
be
20.
It
won't
be
20..
No.
D
E
E
If
you
will,
if
you
know
around
four
or
five
percent
in
there
in
there,
so
I
can't
kind
of
think,
that's
a
an
idea
where
we're
starting
and
of
course
we
can
get
that
information
to
council
and
as
soon
as
we
sit
down
and
we
can,
we
can
nail
down
at
least
a
you
know
what
a
formal
recommendation
to
council.
Okay.
G
E
C
I
think
we
also
I
mean
we
always
have
to
keep
in
mind
that
you
know
that
appeals
are
ongoing.
We
have
no
I
mean
for
assessments.
We
have
no
idea
where
that
will
fall
out.
Yeah,
no
idea
where
the
ride
the
fire
tax
will
be
from
the
county.
I
know
I've
had
the
discussion
with
Mr
Peppers.
We
always
kind
of
go
in
this
process
somewhat
blind,
not
knowing
what
you
know
the
county
is
going
to
do,
which
our
citizens
will
also
have
to
pay.
C
You
know
it's
just
kind
of
part
of
the
the
process
you
know
and
just
like
you
know,
we
have
to
advertise
our
our
military,
even
though
we're
holding
or
proposing
holding
steady
we're
based
this
budget
at
least
starting.
This,
you
know,
is
holding
steady.
You
know
it,
you
know
officially
legally,
has
to
be
advertised
as
an
increase
because
of
the
assessments
were
so
much
greater
than
before.
So
it's
just
part
of
the
process.
D
Any
other
and
and
I
would
just
say,
as
I
expressed
to
to
the
Tribune,
you
know
of
the
roughly
two
million
dollars
that
we
expect
to
see
an
increase
in
property
taxes
if
we
hold
our
rate
steady
about
40
percent
of
that
is
from
new
construction.
We
will
be
paying
for
services
for
that
regardless,
and
the
remaining
60
percent
is
basically
property.
D
Value
increases
that
likely
a
large
portion
of
those
will
have
appeals,
and
so
you
know
you
can
look
at
the
two
million
dollar
number,
but
it's
likely
not
going
to
be
2
million
dollars,
and
we
also
don't
know
of
that
exactly
what
senior
versus
what's
not
senior
from
an
exemption
standpoint.
So
you
know
it
is.
It
is
difficult
to
put
all
of
that
information
together,
because
you
know
we
don't
know
at
the
end,
we
we
are
lucky
in
the
fact
that
our
budget
year
is
not
until
October.
D
C
C
So
it's
always
a
work
in
progress,
and
so
you
know
our
goal
is
to
to
spend
our
citizens
tax
dollars
and
the
you
know
missed
most
effective
way
possible.
Most
cost
effective
way
possible
against
them.
The
best
services
at
the
lowest
possible
cost.
So
we
I
think
we've
managed
to
do
that
and
you
know
maintain
the
lowest
millage
rate
in
Cherokee
County
and
won
the
lowest
in
the
the
state
for
the
past.
C
You
know
seven
years
and
the
lowest
in
the
city's
history,
for
you
know
the
past
seven
years,
so
the
goal
will
be
continue
to
do
that
and
do
even
better
whenever
we
can
so
and
continue
to
do
all
the
things
that
all
the
projects
that
we're
talking
about,
how
do
we?
How
do
we
do
those
so
again
which
which
originated
from
our
roadmap
and
which
started
with
our
citizens?