No Pay Increases, No Millage Rate Increase in New Proposed City Budget

Lilburn city officials have exactly two months to get the 2013-2014 budget approved and in use.

Staff first presented the budget to the mayor and council during a work session on April 17. Now, public hearings will start, with approval being before July 1.

Those public hearings have not been scheduled, according to Nikki Young, the city's public relations manager.

See the attached document to view the proposed budget.

What you need to know:

• The proposed budget does not contain pay increases for employees

• Proposed budget does not include a millage rate increase

• Proposed 2013-2014 budget revenues total $6.19 million. This is a decrease of 1.1 percent from the current year's adopted budget.

• Proposed 2013-2014 budget expenditures totals $6.16 million. This is a decrease of 1.6 percent from the current year's adopted budget.

• In 2013-2014 revenues, the license and permit funds are budgeted at 10.7 percent lower the current budgeted amount.

• The costliest expenditure is the police department, proposed at $2.76 million.

• Net revenue and expenditures equals about $29,000

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