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Administration...
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2-17-10:
"Resolution Directing the County Manager and Purchasing Director to
Develop Administrative Regulations for the Disclosure of Campaign
Contributions by Entities seeking County Contract"
Held: (For full Board Review and Action)
Click here for
"Resolution (relating to) Disclosure of Campaign contributions (Darnell)" |
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2-17-10:
“Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Grant Program $750,000”
Report Received
Click here for the 2010
Enhancement Updates: F.R.E.S.H
Program
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2-17-10:
FY 2010 “Senior Housing and Transportation Enhancement Grant Program
$375,000”
Report Received
Click here
for the Health and Human
Services Budget Enhancement
Updates: Senior Housing and
Transportation |
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2-17-10:
Approval of the January Payment Voucher Expenditure Report
Click here for more information... |
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2-17-10:
Jail Health Services Contract
Click here for more information... |
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2-17-10:
"Library (Construction) Program: Selection of Program Manager"
Held: To receive cost data and to review Selection Committee procedures
Yes: Darnell, Eaves, Edwards, Pitts, Riley
Absent: Boxill, Lowe
Click here for
the "(Recommended) Contract Award: Jacobs with GMG ($3,334,928)" |
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2-17-10:
Human Services Perishable and Non-Perishable Food Contract
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2-17-10: FY 2010 “Senior
Housing and Transportation Enhancement Grant Program $375,000”
Report Received
Click here
for the Health and Human Services Budget Enhancement Updates: Senior
Housing
and Transportation
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2-8-10:
Racial Profiling Report"
Report Received: Public Safety Departments to develop accurate and reliable
reports to evaluate (1.) training programs and (2.) officer stops
Click here for
the "Racial Profiling - Quarterly Report" |
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2-8-10:
EEO Data: 4th Quarter "Complaints"
Report
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1-26-10:
Juvenile Crime and Prevention Grants:
F.R.E.S.H. Grant Programs
The F.R.E.S.H
Grant Program to support children and youth received enhanced funding in the
amount of $750,000 to support public and private agencies which have
achieved measurable results in the prevention of Juvenile Crime and delinquency within
incorporated and unincorporated Fulton County.
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1-26-10: Environment and Environmental
Justice
Staff Support to Commission on
the Environment and Green Team:
$75,000
Proposed cuts in the County’s
Environment and Environmental
Justice Program were restored.
The
Commission on the Environment
provides assistance to the
County Manager and the Board of
Commissioners
in the development and
implementation of board policy.
The City of Atlanta, the County’s largest
city has been classified by
federal authorities as a “non –
attainment” area. A national
magazine recently
rated Atlanta as the most “toxic
city” in the U.S.
District 5 has the highest
concentration of sewage
treatment plants, combined
sewers, land-fills and hazardous
waste sites in Fulton County,
according to staff officials.
Environmental planners and
enforcement personnel will also
provide support to the County’s
(interdepartmental)
“Green Team”.
Other Budget Highlights
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Absentee Ballot Computerized
System: $900,000
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Public Defender Upgrades:
$426,000
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Drug Court Upgrades: $150,000
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Pre-Trial Upgrades- State Court:
$400,000
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Code Enforcement Upgrades (S.
Fulton)
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Park Upgrades (S. Fulton)
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No Lay-offs; police or fire
personnel (S. Fulton)
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No property tax increase:
General Fund or S. Fulton County
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General Fund Reserve:
$40,793,319 (6.93%)
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1-26-10: "Board of Commissioners Joins
National Observance of 81st Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
Noting Dr.
King was born in Fulton County, Georgia “and is buried here,” the Board of
Commissioners joined the national celebration of the 81st Birthday of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Voting Yes: Darnell, Boxill,
Eaves, Edwards, Lowe, Riley and Pitts
Link to
"Resolution: MLK, Jr.
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1-8-10: County Manager Submits (Revised) Tentative
Budget; 4% Salary Cut Reversed
Based
upon “additional funds identified”, the County Manager reversed a (proposed)
across-the-board 4% salary cut equivalent to 10 unpaid holidays. The
recommendation had been a part of the “Tentative Budget” approved by the
Board of Commissioners on December 16, 2009. The “Final Budget” has been
scheduled for review and approval on January 20, 2010.
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12-17-09: Tentative Budget Adopted
for Information
The
County Manager (Zachary Williams) has submitted the FY 2010 Budget for
information.
The
General Fund (county – wide) Budget includes $59 million in reductions to
departments in all service areas including courts, corrections, libraries,
health and human services. Funds have been allocated according to a “funding
hierarchy” (priorities) established by the Board of Commissioners, according
to the Budget Commission.
Legal
mandates, court orders, consent decrees, contract obligations and Board
resolutions were given the highest priority. The Board of Commissioners will
begin deliberations on the
“Final
General Fund Budget” January 6, 2010 at 10:00 A.M.
The South
Fulton Tax District Budget was also presented and approved for information
only. The Expenditures Budget was reduced by $10,471,634; the total revenues
increase $1,581,332
Click here for a copy of the Tentative General Fund and South Fulton Tax
District Fund
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12-1-09: Resolution Establishing Board
Priorities: Special Populations"
“Priority status” has been established by the Board of Commissioners for
services to senior adults, disabled persons and other special populations
within Fulton County.
Motion
by Darnell, seconded by Edwards
YES:
Boxill, Darnell, Edwards, Pitts
NO:
Riley
Not
Voting: Eaves, Lowe
On
November 19, 2009, in a Special (Budget) Work Session, upon the
recommendation of the County Attorney, first priority was established
for “Legal Mandates” by State or Federal laws. This category includes the
salaries of certain State officials including the District Attorney,
Superior Court Judges, the Tax Commissioner, the Probate Judge and the
Sheriff. State law also directs the County to pay State Court Judges 90% of
the total salary of Superior Court Judges.
In a
Special Report presented to the Board of Commissioners on November 18
regarding the “socioeconomic” status of Fulton County residents, the County
Manager’s staff indicated Fulton County has an estimated population of
79,413 adults age 65 and older. Of this number, 31% have incomes below
$15,000 per year and 16% live in poverty.
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Report also indicates Fulton County is #1 for HIV/AIDS cases in Georgia; two
out of every five people arrested in Fulton County have a mental illness;
23% of Fulton County adults aged 18-64 are uninsured; 703 students between
grades 9-12 in Fulton County dropped out in 2008.
Click here for the "Resolution Establishing Board Priorities: Special
Populations"
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11-20-09:
FY 2010 Proposed Budget: 14 ½ %
Decline in Property Tax Revenues Projected The
County Manager has projected a 14 ½% decline in property tax revenue in FY
2010 due primarily to “the crisis (within) the real estate industry.”
Patrick O’ Connor, Director of Finance also confirmed, in response to
questions by Commissioners that the current budget “challenges” were also
created by problems of coordination between the Tax Commissioner (Arthur
Ferdinand) and the Chief Appraiser (Burt Manning, Board of Tax Assessors).
The Board of Commissioners accepted the “Proposed FY
2010 Budget” as the “First Step” in the FY 2010 Process to conclude in
January 2010. |
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11-20-09:
Board Adopts Framework for Fulton FY
2010 Budget: No Tax Increase
The Board of Commissioners has adopted the recommendation of the Budget
Commission to implement certain “alternative actions” to reduce FY 2010
expenditures including (1) a reduction in fund balance (revenues) from 8.33%
to 5% and (2) maintaining the (current) millage rate at 10.281 mills.
Voting
Yes: Boxill, Darnell, Eaves, Edwards, Pitts
Voting
No: Lowe
Absent: Riley |
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11-20-09:
RIF (Reduction-In-Force) Policy
Clarified
The Board of Commissioners has given the County Manager authority to
implement a “reduction-in-force” policy for budgetary purposes if the facts
and circumstances indicate that other options, e.g. transfers were not
available.
In a
review of board policy relating to “RIFs”, the County Attorney, David Ware
also indicated RIFs cannot be used directly or indirectly for disciplinary
purposes.
For more information, Click here for the “Request approval to revise
Personnel Regulation 800-6- Reduction-in-Force”
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