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ATH2025-134 Authorization to amend the FY 2026 Adopted General Fund Budget to increase the Information Technology departmental budget and General Fund grant revenue in the amount of $62,685 for a grant award received after the initial budget was adopted. Authorization to increase the Parks Administration departmental budget in the amount of $140,000 for public art that was not initially included in the adopted budget. Authorization to amend the adopted project length budget in the Vehicle Replacement Fund to increase the FY26 Sanitation Vehicle project in the amount of $25,836.00 for additional costs of acquisition. Authorization to amend the Adopted 2022 SPLOST Fund project length budgets to Increase SPLOST revenue in the amount of $15,392,784.00 to include revenue not included in the initial projection and increase project length budgets for the Aquatics project in the amount of $8,925,511.00, Resurfacing project in the amount of $2,200,000.00, Cobb Pedestrian Bridge in the amount of $2,196,559.00, Facility Improvements project in the amount of $2,000,714, and the Downtown and South Cobb project in the amount of $70,000. Citywide

2025-08-18 · approved · minutes

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PositionCountPublished names
aye6Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Councilmember Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby
nay0None
absent1Councilmember Pickens
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    Authorization to amend the FY 2026 Adopted General Fund Budget to increase the Information Technology departmental budget and General Fund grant revenue in the amount of $62,685 for a grant award received after the initial budget was adopted. Authorization to increase the Parks Administration departmental budget in the amount of $140,000 for public art that was not initially included in the adopted budget. Authorization to amend the adopted project length budget in the Vehicle Replacement Fund to increase the FY26 Sanitation Vehicle project in the amount of $25,836.00 for additional costs of acquisition. Authorization to amend the Adopted 2022 SPLOST Fund project length budgets to Increase SPLOST revenue in the amount of $15,392,784.00 to include revenue not included in the initial projection and increase project length budgets for the Aquatics project in the amount of $8,925,511.00, Resurfacing project in the amount of $2,200,000.00, Cobb Pedestrian Bridge in the amount of $2,196,559.00, Facility Improvements project in the amount of $2,000,714, and the Downtown and South Cobb project in the amount of $70,000. Citywide

    Authorized in this action record. A signed agreement, payment, permit, delivery or completion is a separate event and may remain unverified.

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Motion sequence

made a motion to approve item ATH2025-134

Reported carried · Mover: Councilmember Travis Lindley · Seconder: Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr

Recorded roll call
PositionCountPublished names
aye6Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Councilmember Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby
nay0None
absent1Councilmember Pickens
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