Press Release:
Bartow County Commissioner Steve Taylor will conduct a public hearing at 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 to discuss the County’s proposed operating budget for Fiscal Year 2021. The hearing will be held in the Commissioner’s Conference/Hearing Room in the Frank Moore Administration Building located at 135 West Cherokee Avenue, Cartersville, Georgia.
The proposed budget will be available for inspection during regular business hours at the office of the Commissioner, 135 West Cherokee Avenue, Suite 251, Cartersville, Georgia.
Any person desiring to be heard on the proposed budget should be present at the time and location stated above.
Commissioner Taylor will adopt the County’s 2021 Operating Budget during his regularly scheduled public meeting on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioner’s Conference Room, 135 West Cherokee Avenue, Cartersville, Georgia.
In the event conditions should result in the closing of the courthouse on the date so designated for the Public Hearing, the Hearing will be conducted on the next available business day at 10:00 a.m. and the Budget will be adopted at a specially called meeting seven days thereafter. In the event conditions should result in the closing of the courthouse on the date so designated to adopt the Budget, the Budget will be adopted on the next available business day at 10:00 a.m.
Any person desiring to be heard pertaining to the adoption of said budget should be present at the budget adoption meeting at the time and location stated above.
For more information, contact the office of the Bartow County Commissioner at 770-387-5030.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you require reasonable accommodations in order to attend or participate in the Commissioner’s Public Meetings, please contact the Bartow County Human Resources Office at 770-387-5020 or the Hearing Impaired TDD number at 770-387-5034 at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled time of the meeting.
| BARTOW COUNTY PROPOSED 2021 BUDGETS | |||||
| GENERAL FUND, ENTERPRISE, SPECIAL REVENUE | |||||
| AND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS | |||||
| 2021 | |||||
| PROPOSED | |||||
| GENERAL FUND | BUDGET | ||||
| DEPARTMENTS | |||||
| COUNTY COMMISSIONER | $ 1,287,700.00 | ||||
| DATA PROCESSING | $ 937,500.00 | ||||
| PURCHASING | $ 412,500.00 | ||||
| ELECTIONS/REGISTRAR | $ 1,000,000.00 | ||||
| MAGISTRATE COURT | $ 1,082,000.00 | ||||
| SUPERIOR COURT | $ 1,160,000.00 | ||||
| CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT | $ 1,839,500.00 | ||||
| JUVENILE COURT | $ 1,955,300.00 | ||||
| PROBATE COURT | $ 1,202,000.00 | ||||
| SHERIFF | $ 26,889,000.00 | ||||
| CORONER | $ 247,000.00 | ||||
| DISTRICT ATTORNEY | $ 1,294,000.00 | ||||
| VICTIM ASSISTANCE | $ 445,000.00 | ||||
| PUBLIC DEFENDER | $ 754,700.00 | ||||
| BOARD OF EQUILIZATION/COSC | $ 56,700.00 | ||||
| TAX ASSESSORS | $ 1,295,000.00 | ||||
| TAX COMMISSIONER | $ 1,745,900.00 | ||||
| FACILITIES | $ 2,498,000.00 | ||||
| COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | $ 2,391,500.00 | ||||
| ROAD DEPARTMENT | $ 9,427,000.00 | ||||
| ANIMAL CONTROL | $ 882,000.00 | ||||
| TRANSIT | $ 1,223,700.00 | ||||
| RECREATION | $ 4,107,500.00 | ||||
| SENIOR SERVICES | $ 728,400.00 | ||||
| INDIGENT SERVICES | $ 1,301,100.00 | ||||
| FIRE | $ 14,581,600.00 | ||||
| AGRICULTURE EXT. SERVICE | $ 344,000.00 | ||||
| BUILDING MAINTENANCE | $ – | ||||
| HUMAN RESOURCES | $ 589,800.00 | ||||
| NON-DEPARTMENTAL | $ 9,566,500.00 | ||||
| TOTAL GENERAL FUND | $ 91,244,900.00 | ||||
| ENTERPRISE FUNDS | |||||
| SOLID WASTE FUND | $ 5,540,000.00 | ||||
| WATER DEPARTMENT OPERATING | $ 25,565,603.00 | ||||
| WATER DEPARTMENT CAPITAL PROJECT | $ 19,474,300.00 | ||||
| WATER DEPARTMENT DEBT SERVICE | $ 2,302,608.00 | ||||
| TOTAL ENTERPRISE FUNDS | $ 52,882,511.00 | ||||
| SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | |||||
| INSURANCE RESERVE FUND | $ – | ||||
| E-911 FUND | $ 2,516,000.00 | ||||
| RADIO SYSTEM M&O FUND | $ 549,000.00 | ||||
| GRANT FUND | $ 200,000.00 | ||||
| COUNTY JAIL FUND | $ 210,000.00 | ||||
| CRIME VICTIMS ASSIST. FUND | $ 105,000.00 | ||||
| DRUG ABUSE TR.&ED. FUND | $ 102,500.00 | ||||
| HOTEL-MOTEL TAX FUND | $ 1,600,000.00 | ||||
| JUVENILE SUPERV. FEES FUND | $ 10,000.00 | ||||
| TOTAL SPECIAL REV. FUNDS | $ 5,292,500.00 | ||||
| SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS UNDER | |||||
| CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES OTHER | |||||
| THAN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER | |||||
| LAW LIBRARY FUND | $ 85,000.00 | ||||
| INMATE WELFARE FUND | $ 150,450.00 | ||||
| CLERK OF COURT-TECHNOLOGY FUND | $ 80,000.00 | ||||
| DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S FED. COND. FUND | $ – | ||||
| DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S CONDMN. FUND | $ – | ||||
| DTF STATE CONFISCATED FUND | $ 331,352.00 | ||||
| S.O. FED CONFISCATED FUND | $ 50,000.00 | ||||
| TOTAL OTHER SP. REV. FUNDS | $ 696,802.00 | ||||
| DEBT SERVICE FUNDS | |||||
| CAPITAL LEASE FUND | $ 400,000.00 | ||||
| GMA LEASE FUND | $ 20,000.00 | ||||
| 2013 SPLOST DEBT SERVICE FUND | $ – | ||||
| TOTAL DEBT SERVICE FUNDS | $ 420,000.00 | ||||
| TOTAL ALL FUNDS | $ 150,536,713.00 | ||||