Roswell Takes Final Budget Vote Tonight

Barring further changes to Roswell's budget, the city council will vote tonight to keep the current 5.45 millage rate instead of making a reduction, as originally anticipated.

Despite a proposal by Mayor Jere Wood to reduce the 2012 millage rate to 5.34 mils, the council voted to approve maintaining it as it is this year during the budget's first reading at last week's on May 23.

Prior to the vote the city was mulling a proposed 2012 general fund of $56.7 million, which still allowed for $26 million in reserves and $571,000 in additional program spending. However, the council amended the budget to keep the current millage rate, without which would have lost the city $500,000 for road resurfacing. 

Wood recently wrote a urging residents to speak up and tell their representatives on the council how they feel about the status quo millage rate. Council members in opposition to Wood's reduced millage rate responded with their own letter to the editor

Tonight's meeting takes place in Council Chambers on the second floor of at 7 p.m.