UPSON
COUNTY COMMISSIONER JAMES ELLINGTON SAID ITS NEWS THAT
BELONGS ON THE RADIO—FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 20 YEARS,
COUNTY GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BORROW MONEY FOR OPERATIONS
GOING INTO A NEW YEAR. AT ONE TIME THE COUNTY'S DEBT WAS
$5 MILLION— AND THE COUNTY HAD TO BORROW BIG BUCKS
ANNUALLY USING A GOVERNMENT INSTRUMENT CALLED A TAX
ANTICIPATION NOTE WITH INTEREST THAT AMOUNTED TO ABOUT
$50,000 A YEAR.
AT
TUESDAY'S MEETING—EVERYONE GOT AN ATTA-BOY FOR THE
ACCOMPLISHMENT. COUNTY MANAGER JASON TINSLEY, COUNTY FINANCE
OFFICER WAYNE SANDEFUR, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEMSELVES,
AND TAX COMMISSIONER ANDY CHASTAIN FOR COLLECTING $1.4
MILLION IN DELIQUENT TAXES THIS YEAR.
THE
COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THE $16 MILLION 2019 BUDGET DURING
THE MEETING , A 4.7% DECREASE, $810,000 LESS THAN THIS YEARS.
CHAIRMAN
NORMAL ALLEN SAID THE DIFFERENCE WAS CHANGING COMPANIES
THAT MANAGES THE COUNTY'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM—SOMETHING THAT
SAVED A MILLION DOLLARS.
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