Suwanee To Hold Public Hearing on 2014 Budget

The City of Suwanee is completing its Fiscal Year 2014 budget, and the public will be able to comment on the spending plan soon.

A public hearing on the budget will be Thursday, June 13, at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. A City Council workshop will follow the hearing. Official business is not conducted at workshops.

The proposed spending plan is about $12.1 million, slightly higher than the current budget. Adoption is planned by the City Council on June 25, with another public hearing preceding that council meeting.

Suwanee budgets in recent years have devoted the majority of funds to police and public works.

Another variable in the mix is the 2009 Gwinnett SPLOST program, which expires on March 31, 2014. According to Suwanee budget documents, the city anticipated receiving $1.8 million from SPLOST in FY 2013. That represents about 15 percent of the current Suwanee budget.

Gwinnett officials are making plans for a possible Nov. 5 public vote on renewing SPLOST beginning in 2014.

Also, Suwanee has decreased its millage rate, which is used to determine property taxes, each of the past three years. There is no official word yet whether that will continue for FY 2014.

View the Suwanee 2013 budget and related documents online.

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