At Tuesday, June 21’s Commission meeting the Commission passed Mayor Lester Miller’s Proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Budget. This budget will cover city-county services for July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023, and there is not a millage rate recommended in this budget. You can watch the full Commission meeting here.
The millage rate will be set in late July or early August after tax assessments are finalized.
In this budget, Mayor Miller stressed the focus for the year would be improving public safety, code enforcement, beautification efforts, recreation, pedestrian safety, and economic development. That means these areas will maintain the increases received this year and will be increased again next year.
“I have to thank our Budget and Finance teams for the work putting together this year’s budget, and for working so closely with our departments and partners to focus funding on our community’s top priorities,” said Mayor Miller.
Some of the key points in this year’s budget include:
- Increasing salaries and funding for public safety and adding annual incentive pay;
- Beginning construction of the new fire safety training center;
- Increasing funding for beautification efforts, including community gateway improvements and street cleaning;
- Aggressively attacking blight through the expanded Code Enforcement Department;
- Increasing recreation programming;
- Installing traffic calming measures and signage;
- Welcoming new industries and businesses;
- Focusing revitalization efforts in specific areas;
- And more.
You can watch the full presentation, see the PowerPoint, find the budget timeline, read the required legal ad running in The Telegraph May 18, and more by clicking here.