Sandy Springs Adopts Fiscal Year 2018 Budget

SANDY SPRINGS, GA -- The Sandy Springs City Council this week voted to adopt the city's fiscal year 2018 budget.

The general fund, which is balanced, totals $106 million, while the budget for all operating, capital and special revenue funds clocks in at $426.5 million.

“Our budget is based on the city’s established planning priorities and continues the conservative fiscal principles which earned us a Triple A rating from rating agencies, one of the few to get the highest possible rating the first time we were assessed,” said Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul.

The 2018 budget was developed following the Mayor and City Council’s established priorities: Public Safety, Sustainable Growth, Downtown Development, Transportation, Natural Resource Protection, Community Appearance, Economic Development and Recreation and Cultural Enhancement. It includes resources to allow the city to provide a high level of public safety services to the citizens and provides capital funding to address infrastructure deficiencies.

Some of the budget highlights include various park upgrades, funding for City Springs operations, making several new hires in the Sandy Springs Police Department, increasing salaries for sworn officers, purchasing 10 additional body cameras and 30 new radios, funding a career advancement initiative for Sandy Springs fire captains and battalion chiefs, hiring additional staff to assist with general government operations and continued fleet replacement for police and fire.

The budget sets aside funding for the Sandy Springs Circle streetscape project, Glenridge at Roswell Road intersection improvements and streetscape initiatives related to City Springs.

The general fund provides $17.4 million for general government contracts for city services; $29.7 million for personnel and related benefits; $30.5 million for operations and equipment; and $17 million for capital improvement programs.

You can view the entire budget, as well as workshop presentations, for your reading pleasure on the city's website.

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