Reflecting

a 10 percent increase over last year, the Brooks

Town Council has approved spending $157,800 in

fiscal year 2000.

The

operating budget is set at $74,450, and the

library is an additional $29,700.

Separate

budgets were set for the Water and Sewer

Department at $40,000 and for the Memorial

Cemetery at $3,200.

In

other agenda items, the council have final

approval to the design of Brooks Commemorative

Coke Bottle. Committee chairman Caroline Smith

said the Coca-Cola company told her that the

order of 2000 bottles would be the last

"short run" the company would produce.

"This makes them even more valuable,"

she said, "than we originally thought."

The

bottles are expected to be delivered the first of

August. Those who purchased bottles will be

notified by postcard.

new garbage collection company was chosen, the

Dependable Waste Services company, in Meansville,

Ga., was selected. Its contract assured the 106

Brooks customers that the current price for

pickup would be locked in for the next 24 months.

The company is owned by Brooks residents Jeff and

Karen Matthews.

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