The Fayetteville City Council is poised to approve a reduced general fund budget Thursday for 2017: $1 million less than last year’s budget.
The general fund budget is projected to drop from $13.7 million in 2016 to $12.3 in fiscal year 2016. The reason for the big drop, Finance Director Mike Bush said, is the city used more than $1 million to help fund the Hood Avenue road project now under completion.
In other actions, the city will consider a $50,000 contract with Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood Incorporated to do the design development process for the city’s wastewater treatment plant. As part of the study, the group will evaluate population projections for Fayetteville, future needs for sewer and a discussion of possibly providing sewer to Tyrone.
The city will also consider an intergovernmental agreement with Fayette County on an annexation request, just south of the city limits.
The property is located west of Jimmy Mayfield Boulevard, south of the Ga. Highway 92 Extension and a short distance to the east of Ga. Highway 85 South and the Ingles shopping center.
The proposal by Rolader and Sheffield Fayette Ventures is requesting the annexation and rezoning of 29.63 acres currently zoned R-40 (two-acre lots) residential and only the rezoning of 32.53 acres zoned C-3 (commercial) and 36.4 acres zoned C-3, OS (open space) and R-THC (residential townhouse/condominium) since those parcels are already located in the city.
When the issue was brought before the County Commission, Fayetteville Mayor Ed Johnson was one of the audience members who spoke up, saying that the city is being “inundated with requests for high-density multifamily dwellings.”
“The city is not ready to handle a request like this,” said Johnson. “I respectfully request that you object to this.”
