Dunwoody Budget Committee Meeting - Thursday June 29, 8:30 am

DUNWOODY BUDGET COMMITTEE
SPECIAL CALLED MEETING
JUNE 29, 2023 - 8:30:00 AM

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer.  My boys are busy with various work & Boy Scout activities so my bride and I are trying to squeeze in a few trips without them.  (Dreaming of empty nesting but we have awhile to go.)

The next City Council meeting is several weeks away but Staff has called for a special Budget Committee meeting this Thursday morning at 8:30 to discuss Police Compensation & Staffing Levels.   The packet for the meeting is nothing more than the agenda which states that the topic is "Discussion of Amendments to the City's Position Allocation and Compensation Chart and Budgetary Impact".

Here is the latest City's Position Allocation and Compensation Chart for your reading pleasure whereby the Police Department comprises a very large percentage of City Staff, as most other employees are contracted.

Also released in the last week is the FY2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Statements which will be presented at the July 10th meeting by representative from our external auditor, Mauldin & Jenkins.

A big change in 2023 budget vs the 2022 budget is that in 2022 the City utilized $10,000,000 of revenue replacement funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to free up General Fund funding for the creation a fund called ARP2 which removed the federal strings from the original funding.   This was done by charging public safety salaries in 2023 to the grant, taking the funding that was to be used for those salaries to create the ARP2 fund.  Some cities used ARP funding to keep existing operations afloat, Dunwoody did not have to do that - managing its finances accordingly. 

I'm not sure how this ARPA revenue replacement will affect the 2023 budget but we will know more once the draft is released, we will all know more soon.

If you want to listen in to the meeting or visit in person, the information is below.

DUNWOODY BUDGET COMMITTEE
SPECIAL CALLED MEETING
JUNE 29, 2023 - 8:30:00 AM
Dunwoody City Hall - City Manager Conference Room
4800 Ashford Dunwoody Rd, Dunwoody, GA 30338

Agenda 8:30 am  - City Site Agenda 

The meeting will be available on Zoom (no two way communication and it may be just audio)
https://dunwoodyga-gov.zoom.us/j/86076780449  or  phone +14702509358,,86076780449#

City Council meetings are usually live-streamed on the City of Dunwoody’s Facebook page but guessing this small committee meeting arranged in the City Manager's conference room does not have those capabilities.

Food Truck Thursday looks like a nice evening and as always I am looking forward to the Fourth of July Parade; hope to see y'all there.      John