Franklin county Commissioners will hold their annual budget workshops next week and have also approved the dates for the final public budget hearings

Franklin county Commissioners will hold their annual budget workshops next week and have also approved the dates for the final public budget hearings.

 

The budget workshops will be held on July 25^th and 26^th where commissioners will consider budget requests from constitutional offices and county departments as well as the Health Department, Weems Hospital, the Tourist Development Council and other groups.

 

They will also hear from non-profit groups that the county supports including Franklin’s Promise, the Carrabelle Food Pantry, and Refuge House, among others.

 

These are workshops, so commissioners can’t take any official action, but the meetings give commissioners a chance to see what major capital projects like equipment purchases might come up during the next budget year.

 

After the workshops, the county commission will authorize a millage rate that will go out on the TRIM notices, which are sent to all property owners in the county.

 

Once the millage has been set, the county can reduce the millage, but not increase it.

 

The final public budget hearings will be held on Tuesday, September the 3^rd and Tuesday, September the 17^th at 5:15 in the afternoon.

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