The Macon-Bibb County Commission voted at a Special Called Meeting on June 28 to approve an Interim Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 (July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019). The budget is for approximately $149 million and does not include a millage rate increase. In order to reduce expenditures to reach that number, all outside agencies were defunded, and only 30 days of funding are being provided for Bowden Golf Course, the Recreation Department, and the Parks & Beautification Department.

For those three departments, that means they will continue operating through August, including all summer camps and any previously scheduled programs, operations, and projects. The Human Resources Department will begin notifying and meeting with those departments on further details.

For the outside agencies, it means there will not be any funding provided to: Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority, Middle Georgia Regional Library System, Department of Family & Child Services, Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission, Museum of Arts & Sciences, Tubman African American Museum, Macon Arts Alliance, Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, Planning & Zoning, Urban Development Authority, Industrial Authority, Land Bank Authority, Community Enhancement Authority, Board of Physical Health, Board of Mental Health, Navicent, Citizens Advocacy, Meals on Wheels, Middle Georgia Food Bank, Economic Opportunity Council, and Historic Douglass Theatre.

If you were unable to make the meeting, it can be watch in its entirety on Facebook or on MaconBibbTV.

Click here to view the current budget.