Atlanta City Council approves $3B budget for 2026

The Atlanta City Council has voted to approve the fiscal year operating budget add funding to the Silver Comet Connector project and institute environmental regulations on new information centers in the city The council unanimously adopted the nearly billion budget during the full council meeting on June The budget includes a million general fund budget which will include more for the Citizen Review Board to create two new district outreach positions and each for the Atlanta Commission on Women the Atlanta Caribbean Carnival Atlanta Pride and the Agape Youth and Family Center The budget will go into effect at the beginning of the fiscal year on July The council also unanimously approved a resolution allowing the Atlanta Department of Transportation to add additional funding of up to to the Silver Comet Connector a project with the PATH Foundation to connect the Atlanta Beltline with the -mile Silver Comet Trail which runs from Smyrna to the Alabama edge The proposed Silver Comet Connector Photo courtesy of Connect the Comet The council also unanimously approved an ordinance requiring special use permits for all new figures centers citywide The ordinance introduced by Councilmember Dustin Hills responds to concerns about content centers environmental impacts as the special use permit application requirements will address a proposed facts center s water consumption water conservation potential consumption and other environmental considerations These regulations are supported for all NPUs in Atlanta except for NPU-W which opposed the City s broad definition of a statistics center Related stories Atlanta City Council race Malhotra bids for president Bostic joins Dist contest Sandy Springs secures million grant for PATH trail extensionThe post Atlanta City Council approves B budget for appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta