County Budget Hearing Set For Tuesday; Revenue Data Not Released

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the county’s proposed 2022 Fiscal Year Budget at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday before its agenda setting meeting.

County Finance Director Wes Geddings released spending requests and recommendations for the General Fund portion of the budget at the Commission’s May 4 meeting and promised to provide additional detail at the May 25 meeting.

The single sheet Gedding provided on May 4 recommended $32.6 million in General Fund spending for the Fiscal Year starting on July 1, down from $37.8 in the amended Fiscal Year 2021 budget.

Gedding said the revenue figures he will provide on May 25 will show a balanced budget.

Geddings did not mention the millage rate, and Board of Commissioners Chair John Daniell said on Thursday said the county is still analyzing the revenue numbers and has not made a decision on any changes to the millage rate.

Geddings did not present a fee schedule at the May 4 meeting, but Daniell provided the draft of that document on Monday.

That schedule shows a just less than 1 percent increase in residential water rates and 4.5 percent increase in residential sewer rates as well as increases in fees for county recreational programs.

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