Budget passes admidst questions over staff raises, benefits.
The Johns Creek City Council this week approved 6-1 a $52 million balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2013. Council member Brad Raffensperger was the lone dissenter admidst questions surrounding staff raises and benefits. During the Monday work session preceding a public budget hearing and the council's vote, Raffensperger pointed out that while the budget remained flat from the previous year's, he calculated that staff salary and benefit increases went up by more than $600,000. "I'm not concerned about salaries, but benefits," he said. "How do we stack up" to other cities? City Manager John Kachmar said the increases actually total in the $400,000 range, and that staff efficiency, the ratio of staff to citizens, and a low turnover rate …
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Newtown Park parking, new traffic signal among projects to be funded by budget surplus.
The Johns Creek City Council on Monday decided how to spend some $686,000 that was found after a mid-year budget review. The surplus will be spent on several projects around the city. $40,000 will be spent on more than 70 new parking spaces in Newtown Park. City Manager John Kachmar attributed the need to new attractions at the park, such as the Beneful Dog Park and Park Place active adult center. "If you make improvements, they will come," he said. Another $40,000 will be spent on sidewalks, while $96,000 will be spent on a storage facility at Shakerag Park for equipment related to the city's traffic incident response vehicle. $200,000 will go into the city's vehicle replacement fund. The city council also earmarked $180,000 for a traffic…
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Declaring Independence
2:32 pm on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
This is ridiculous. A budget surplus should not be spent or 'invested' in more stuff for the city. It should all go into a contingency fund and if it continues taxes need to be lowered-period. more ›