White County Mid-Year Finances In Good Shape

CLEVELAND, Ga. — White County Finance Director Vicki Mays presented the monthly status report at Monday’s Board of Commissioners meeting which showed the county’s mid-year finances are in pretty good shape.

Mays reported that by December the county had already collected $11,494,730 or 71 percent of the estimated year long revenue of $16,299,730 and expenditures for the same period of time were only $7,357,964 or just 46 percent.

The county has collected $73,178 in alcohol related taxes and fees (64 percent), $384,541 (52 percent) in Title Ad Valorem Tax and $493,751 (73 percent) in the hotel/motel tax.

Under the Consent Agenda, commissioners voted 4-0 (with Commissioner Lyn Holcomb absent for the second straight week) to approve a request by Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office to apply for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Agreement Grant in the amount of $359,412, an amendment to the county code associated with the excise levy tak for wholesalers of distilled spirits and the appointment of Judi Lawson to the Department of Family and Children Services.

County offices will be closed Feb. 20 in observance of President’s Day.