Proposed Macon-Bibb Budget Reaches Consolidation Milestone
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
Macon-Bibb County’s proposed fiscal 2017 budget includes a pay increase for employees and meets the budget reduction goal required by city-county consolidation without calling for a millage rate increase.
The County Commission, department heads and constitutional officers got their first look at Mayor Robert Reichert’s proposed $142.8 million general fund budget during a work session Tuesday. At $5 million lower than the current budget, the 2017 version would exceed the 20-percent reduction mandated within the first five years of consolidation. Macon and Bibb County merged in 2014.
