{"id":23631,"date":"2023-06-20T08:50:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T12:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=23631"},"modified":"2023-06-20T08:57:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T12:57:34","slug":"slides-lowndes-county-budget-presentation-2023-05-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2023\/06\/slides-lowndes-county-budget-presentation-2023-05-31.html","title":{"rendered":"Slides: Lowndes County Budget Presentation 2023-05-31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nHere are the slides presented at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2023\/06\/videos-budget-work-session-lcc-2023-05-31.html\">Lowndes County Budget Work Session, May 31, 2023<\/a>,\r\n<p>\r\nreceived in response to a LAKE open records request.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Taxes and Expenditures\" name=\"M:Taxes-and-Expenditures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/many.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/many.jpg\"  alt=\"[Taxes and Expenditures]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/many.html\">Taxes and Expenditures<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nYou&#8217;ll probably see them again at this morning&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2023\/06\/notice-lowndes-county-budget-public-hearing-2023-06-20.html\">Budget Public Hearing<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nProperty taxes account for 61.26% of General Fund revenues,\r\nfollowed by LOST (Local Option Sales Tax) at 28.07%.\r\nSPLOST VIII and TSPLOST are Capital Projects Funds which are expected to get $26 million and $3.5 million in FY 2023.\r\nThere are other Capital Projects Funds, Enterprise Funds, Internal Service Funds, and Special Revenue Funds.\r\nAdding them all up with the General Fund gets a total budget of $136,569,685 for FY 2023 and $148,189,088 for FY 2024.\r\n<p>\r\nOf General Fund Expenditures, 38.34% goes to Public Safety, i.e., Sheriff,\r\n11.52 to the courts, for 49.86% or almost half.\r\n<p>\r\nThe slides are\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\">\r\non the LAKE website<\/a> in XML and PDF form.\r\nBelow they are in JPG form.\r\n<p>\r\n-jsq\r\n<\/p><!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-style:italic\">Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research.  You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">donate to LAKE today<\/a>!\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">\r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"FY 2023-2024 Work Session on the Budget\" name=\"TS:FY-20232024-Work-Session-on-the-Budget\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0001.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0001.jpg\"  alt=\"[FY 2023-2024 Work Session on the Budget]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0001.html\">FY 2023-2024 Work Session on the Budget<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0001.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Organization\" name=\"TS:Organization\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0002.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0002.jpg\"  alt=\"[Organization]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0002.html\">Organization<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0002.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Millage History\" name=\"TS:Millage-History\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0003.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0003.jpg\"  alt=\"[Millage History]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0003.html\">Millage History<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0003.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Budget Comparison by Fund (1 of 3)\" name=\"TS:Budget-Comparison-by-Fund-1-of-3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0004.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0004.jpg\"  alt=\"[Budget Comparison by Fund (1 of 3)]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0004.html\">Budget Comparison by Fund (1 of 3)<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0004.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Budget Comparison by Fund (2 of 3)\" name=\"TS:Budget-Comparison-by-Fund-2-of-3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0005.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0005.jpg\"  alt=\"[Budget Comparison by Fund (2 of 3)]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0005.html\">Budget Comparison by Fund (2 of 3)<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0005.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Budget Comparison by Fund (3 of 3)\" name=\"TS:Budget-Comparison-by-Fund-3-of-3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0006.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0006.jpg\"  alt=\"[Budget Comparison by Fund (3 of 3)]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0006.html\">Budget Comparison by Fund (3 of 3)<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0006.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"General Fund Overview (1 of 3)\" name=\"TS:General-Fund-Overview-1-of-3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0007.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0007.jpg\"  alt=\"[General Fund Overview (1 of 3)]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0007.html\">General Fund Overview (1 of 3)<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0007.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"General Fund Overview (2 of 3)\" name=\"TS:General-Fund-Overview-2-of-3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0008.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0008.jpg\"  alt=\"[General Fund Overview (2 of 3)]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0008.html\">General Fund Overview (2 of 3)<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0008.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"General Fund Overview (3 of 3)\" name=\"TS:General-Fund-Overview-3-of-3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0009.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0009.jpg\"  alt=\"[General Fund Overview (3 of 3)]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0009.html\">General Fund Overview (3 of 3)<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0009.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Budget Highlights\" name=\"TS:Budget-Highlights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0010.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0010.jpg\"  alt=\"[Budget Highlights]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0010.html\">Budget Highlights<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0010.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Pie: General Fund Revenues\" name=\"TS:Pie-General-Fund-Revenues\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0011.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0011.jpg\"  alt=\"[Pie: General Fund Revenues]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0011.html\">Pie: General Fund Revenues<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0011.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Pie: General Fund Tax Revenues\" name=\"TS:Pie-General-Fund-Tax-Revenues\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0012.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0012.jpg\"  alt=\"[Pie: General Fund Tax Revenues]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0012.html\">Pie: General Fund Tax Revenues<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0012.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Pie: General Fund Expenditures\" name=\"TS:Pie-General-Fund-Expenditures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0013.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0013.jpg\"  alt=\"[Pie: General Fund Expenditures]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0013.html\">Pie: General Fund Expenditures<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0013.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Questions and Comments\" name=\"TS:Questions-and-Comments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0014.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0014.jpg\"  alt=\"[Questions and Comments]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0014.html\">Questions and Comments<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides\/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-slides-0014.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are the 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