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May 26, 2010

Council getting to home stretch of budget season

Daniel McDonald The Union-Recorder

MILLEDGEVILLE — Trees were not the only green the Milledgeville City Council discussed Tuesday night.

Reporting on questions raised during a City Council budget work session last week, District 6 Councilman Steve Chambers provided a closer look at the Development Authority of the City of Milledgeville and Baldwin County budget.

In these tight budgetary years when almost every governing body considers moving to zero-based budgeting in which every expenditure receives a thorough examination, Chambers responded to specific questions concerning the development authority’s decision to lease rather than purchase automobiles (because the authority is prohibited from buying a vehicle), the authority’s lease of office space from the Milledgeville-Baldwin County Chamber of Commerce (the rent has only risen $100 in the last decade, and you can’t beat the synergy potential of having the two entities in the same building) and the reason for having landscaping money in their budget (just in case the city is unable to respond in time to have the county’s spec building landscaped before a potential buyer arrives).

District 3 Councilwoman Denese Shinholster asked for more time to respond to Chambers’ report, and council collectively agreed to convene another budget work session, tentatively scheduled for June 2 to discuss the budget further. Council is scheduled to hear a first reading of the budget adoption resolution in its next regularly scheduled meeting.

In an attempt to clarify city rules on special events that feature alcoholic beverages, which also may create some revenue potential as well, Council unanimously voted to adopt an ordinance to establish a one-day special events license that will clarify procedures and set fees for nonprofit and for-profit organizations to obtain a special license to serve or sell alcohol at special events.

Under the new code section, nonprofits can hold no more than six one-day special events in any one calendar year. Each of those events will require the license and a $50 fee for beer and wine, and a $50 fee for distilled spirits.

For-profit organizations are not limited to the number of special one-day events they hold, but most pay a $100 fee for beer and wine and another $100 fee for distilled spirits.

Milledgeville Mayor Richard Bentley told The Union-Recorder that the ordinance was drafted in response to requests for clarity on the matter made by constituents to council members.

Council also unanimously passed a resolution to authorize an intergovernmental and interagency agreement to retain the services of the Ocmulgee Drug Task Force.

And finally Council heard a first reading of an ordinance to allow a special use for a parcel of land located at 3029 Heritage Place to be used as the entrance for a multi-family residence. The zoning matter will be sent to the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission for an up or down recommendation before it is sent back to council for final consideration.

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