Barnesville council adopts 2016–17 budget, sets millage at 4.160 mills

Barnesville Mayor Peter L. Banks and the City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 552 on Sept. 19, 2016, setting the 2016 millage rate at 4.160 mills and approving the City’s 2016–2017 operating budget.

The adoption followed a Sept. 12 public hearing at which Mayor Banks noted that the proposed 2016–2017 budget reflected no increases in taxes or utility rates. The council advanced the measure from first reading on Sept. 12 to final approval at a special called meeting on Sept. 19.

Councilmembers said they would amend the 2015–2016 operating budget as part of the same ordinance. The action was unanimous; the meeting minutes record no votes in opposition or conditions attached to the approval.

The council’s vote concludes the statutory public-review and reading steps required for municipal budget adoption and the city clerk recorded the ordinance in the official minutes. The council did not receive public comment at the Sept. 12 hearing.

What’s next: The ordinance and budget take effect per the city’s adoption schedule and staff will implement the approved appropriations for fiscal year 2016–2017.