GA: Macon Approves Budget with Bus Funding

Macon approved a budget Wednesday that funds the city bus service and allows Alex Morrison to become assistant director of the Economic & Community Development Department, despite the last-ditch efforts of four City Council members. The $71.1 million general fund budget, which includes no change in tax rates, had to be approved by the June 30 end of fiscal 2013. But it had been held up for days by a dispute between council members and the Macon Transit Authority, which is to get about $1.6...
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GA: Macon Approves Budget with Bus Funding

Macon approved a budget Wednesday that funds the city bus service and allows Alex Morrison to become assistant director of the Economic & Community Development Department, despite the last-ditch efforts of four City Council members.

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