Council schedules vote on $56.7 million budget, approves amendments reallocating funds for parks projects
September 03, 2025 | Villa Rica, Carroll County, Georgia
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The City of Villarrica interim finance director presented a proposed $56,700,000 city budget and the council approved routine budget amendments reallocating funds for parks projects, the council meeting transcript shows. Amanda Long, interim finance director, told the council the city would be asked to adopt the resolution to approve the budget at the next meeting.
Long said the “resolution is the next page, dollars 56,700,000.0.” Staff described amendments that move money between capital projects to cover higher-than-expected resurfacing costs for the Gold Dust tennis courts, increase both revenue and expense estimates for parks and recreation programs because program participation and receipts are higher than anticipated, and extract $17,000 from contingency to fund a line described in the meeting as “Douglas County Bridal Control.”
The council approved the amendments as a consent item. During the discussion, staff said the engineer's cost estimate for a separate capital project was about $300,000 and that the city's low bid for that project came in under that figure; council members had no objection to placing the budget amendments on consent.
The resolution to adopt the full budget will return at the next voting meeting for the formal adoption vote. The public hearing on the budget occurred at an earlier meeting, Long said.
What happened next: The council took the amendments as consent item number 2 and moved them forward without recorded roll-call votes in the transcript excerpt; the formal budget-adoption resolution was presented as an agenda item to be acted on at the next scheduled meeting.
Why it matters: The budget sets city spending priorities and the amendments shift local resources toward parks maintenance and programs that staff said are performing above projections.
Looking ahead: The formal vote to adopt the proposed $56.7 million budget was scheduled for the next council voting meeting.
Long said the “resolution is the next page, dollars 56,700,000.0.” Staff described amendments that move money between capital projects to cover higher-than-expected resurfacing costs for the Gold Dust tennis courts, increase both revenue and expense estimates for parks and recreation programs because program participation and receipts are higher than anticipated, and extract $17,000 from contingency to fund a line described in the meeting as “Douglas County Bridal Control.”
The council approved the amendments as a consent item. During the discussion, staff said the engineer's cost estimate for a separate capital project was about $300,000 and that the city's low bid for that project came in under that figure; council members had no objection to placing the budget amendments on consent.
The resolution to adopt the full budget will return at the next voting meeting for the formal adoption vote. The public hearing on the budget occurred at an earlier meeting, Long said.
What happened next: The council took the amendments as consent item number 2 and moved them forward without recorded roll-call votes in the transcript excerpt; the formal budget-adoption resolution was presented as an agenda item to be acted on at the next scheduled meeting.
Why it matters: The budget sets city spending priorities and the amendments shift local resources toward parks maintenance and programs that staff said are performing above projections.
Looking ahead: The formal vote to adopt the proposed $56.7 million budget was scheduled for the next council voting meeting.
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