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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 – 1:00 p.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER ............................................................................. Chairman Doug Mangham
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ........................................................... Chairman Doug Mangham
3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA - (O.C.G A. 50-14-1 (e) (1))
4. COUNTY MANAGER COMMENTS
5. FIRST READING OF THE FY 2011-12 BUDGET
a. Public Hearing: Open for public comment regarding FY 2010-11 Budget.
b. Close public hearing.
6. COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS
7. ADJOURNMENT
Here are some important links that will put the entire budget into perspective.
To view a copy of the Budget Calendar which contains the times of upcoming hearings and the final adoption process, click here.
Click here to view a copy of the budget from the Pike County Commission website. You can also download financials, FY budgets from previous years, etc. from the Board of Commissioners' website. Copies of the proposed budget for FY 2011-2012 are also available for viewing at the Board of Commissioners Office located at 79 Jackson Street in Zebulon and at the J. Joel Edwards Library located on Highway 19 South in Zebulon.
Click here to read from the first budget hearing.
Click here to read about the June 8, 2011 budget meeting.
County Manager Bill Sawyer advised by phone that a consensus was reached during this meeting over whether to take money out of the Magistrate Court budget and place it in Contingency to be used for Magistrate Court if needed at a later date. This was postponed from the June 8, 2011 budget meeting where Commissioner Carol Bass said that she would like to see the Deputy Magistrate Judge made into a part-time position in the upcoming budget and the difference and all fringe benefits moved to contingency. Click here to read about the June 8, 2011 budget meeting.
Pike County Commissioners gave a majority consensus to move $29,915.51 from the Magistrate Court budget and place it in Contingency with the understanding that this money has been set aside and can be moved back into the Magistrate Court budget if it is needed. (CM Sawyer advised the Commissioners in the 6.8.11 budget hearing that a vote would need to be taken in order to move the money from Contingency back to Magistrate Court if it is needed.) [Note from the Editor: The decision to move this money has no bearing on litigation involving Pike County Magistrate which is still ongoing.]
Citizens Jane Gaulding and Jimmy Bass addressed the Commissioners about various issues in this budget hearing.
A Budget Hearing is scheduled for June 22, 2011 at 6 p.m. with Final Adoption of the Budget on the third reading scheduled for June 28, 2011 at 5 p.m.>