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FYI City Desk Edition
Vol. 06 March 1,
2017 No. 05
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Administration
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Mayor Faircloth's Desk
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It's Budget Time!
Each year, the City is required to pass a balanced budget prior to its fiscal year end on June 30. In order to prepare for the budget document to be approved, numerous people and departments work very hard to research, create and present to City Council a balanced budget for
final approval and adoption. The process is very involved. First, the City Manager, Mr. Lee Gilmour, meets with each City Department Head and requests a line-item budget from their departments. He also requests a budget from outside agencies who receive varying degrees of support from various financial sources (such as the Perry Area Convention and Visitor's Bureau Authority, Perry Main Street Board, Downtown Development Authority, etc.). These very detailed budgets are created and submitted to Mr. Gilmour. Mr. Gilmour then reviews each one and creates a master budget template. He then adds his budget requests, on behalf of each area, to the original submitted budgets. This becomes the working budget document that is given to Mayor and City Council for consideration. This document contains every line item request from each city department and outside agency and Mr. Gilmour's review of the same
and his suggested overall budget for the city. Mayor and Council receive the working budget document for review, and then schedule a series of Work Sessions to review the budget in detail. In these Work Sessions, each city department head will present their budget requests to Mayor and Council, and each outside agency will also present their budget requests to Mayor and Council. These Work Sessions are an opportunity for Mayor and Council, and the public, to hear from each area the thought process behind the requests, ask questions, request additional data if needed, etc. Once the series of Work Sessions are complete, Mayor and Council then host a formal Public Hearing during the first City Council meeting in June. The overall amended budget is then presented and adopted in the second City Council meeting in June of each year. I urge anyone interested to attend one or more, if not all, of the Work Sessions and City Council meetings to provide comment, ask questions, and participate in the budget-setting process of our City. All of these meetings are open to the public. As always, please let me know if you have any questions, or ask a City Council member, or Mr. Gilmour. I look forward to seeing you during the budget process!
Jimmy Faircloth, Mayor
City of Perry
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Monthly Meetings
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The Perry City Council will meet on the following schedule:
March 6 @ 5:00 p.m. - Work Session
March 7
@ 5:00 p.m. - Pre-Council Meeting
March 7 @ 6:00 p.m. - Council Meeting
March 20 @ 5:00 p.m. - Work Session
March 21 @ 5:00 p.m. - Pre-Council Meeting
March 21 @ 6:00 p.m. - Council Meeting
City Council meetings are normally held the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month.
The Perry Planning Commission usually meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at
6:00 p.m. at Perry City Hall.
The Perry Downtown Development Authority usually meets the 4th Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m. at City Hall.
The Perry Main Street Advisory Board usually meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 5:00 p.m.
The Perry Public Arts Commission usually meets the 4th Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall.
The City Calendar of all the meetings can be found on on the home page at
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Department of Economic Development
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Housing Events in April
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Perry Main Street
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Tram Tours
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Perry Main Street will host free tram tours of historic downtown on Thursday, April 27, and Tuesday, May 23.
The Perry Main Street Program is organizing the tours in observance of Historic Preservation Month, which is May. The educational program provided by Ellie Loudermilk will include information about the history of Perry, its residents and its architecture.
The route will feature numerous historic buildings in downtown, including the one-room Springhill School, the New Perry Hotel, the Armory building that now houses the Perry Arts Center, the former Houston County Bank and the tin-front building that was once the Toomer Funeral Home. The tour will conclude with a brief visit at the Perry Area Historical Society's Museum.
The tram tour will begin at and return to the First Baptist Church parking lot on Main Street. Tours will start promptly at 5:30 p.m.
Seating per tour is limited to 20 on a first-come, first-served basis.
Because there has been an overwhelming response for the tram tours over the last three years, participants are required to register in advance and to arrive at the church parking lot by 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, May 25, is a backup tour date in case of inclement weather.
To register or for more information, contact Perry Main Street Coordinator Catherine Edgemon at (478) 988-2758.
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Department of Public Works
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Protecting Water Quality
Is Everybody's Business
In our small community much of the land surface is covered by buildings, paved roads and sidewalks which do not allow rain to soak into the ground. The storm drains carry large amounts of runoff from roofs of buildings and paved roads to a nearby waterway. The stormwater runoff carries pollutants which affects everyone's water quality.
What can we do in managing stormwater runoffs? Homeowners can develop alternatives to areas traditionally covered by impervious surface. Porous pavement materials for driveways and sidewalks, and vegetation and mulch can replace high maintenance grass lawns. Homeowners can sweep their driveway and sidewalk instead of using a water hose or start a compost pile (not by a storm drain) instead of disposing of yard waste. New development can control the volume of stormwater runoffs by using low impact development, structural controls and pollution prevention strategies. Existing developments can control stormwater runoffs by identifying the hot spot targets by using a street sweeping. Local governments can partner with the community in addressing the protection of water quality through community clean up and identify stormwater drains with a positive keep our community clean message.
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Police Department
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Welcome New Police Officer
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Please help us in welcoming new police officer Tiffeni Fox. Officer Fox graduated from South Georgia Technical College Police Academy on Dec. 16, 2016 and came highly recommended by Chief Vanessa Wall, Academy Dean, Criminal Justice Department at the college. Officer Fox, who has a brother also in Law Enforcement in Dallas, Georgia, lives in Warner Robins.
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Fire and Emergency Services
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CBIRF Team In Perry
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Perry Fire and Emergency Services had the opportunity to assist with instructing a Hazardous Material Advanced Decontamination class to the Marine CBIRF team out of Indian Head, Maryland.
These groups of young Marines are tasked with the response and protection of the Pentagon, The United States Capital and The White House. They respond with minimal warning to a chemical, biological, radio-logical, nuclear or high-yield explosive threat or event in order to assist local, state or federal agencies and the geographic combatant commanders. Some of their capabilities consist of assisting with command and control, agent detection and identification, search and rescue, decontamination, and emergency care for contaminated personnel. Just recently they were tasked with the coverage of the Inauguration of President of the United States
Battalion Chief Robby Rowell and Battalion Chief Kirk Crumpton assisted in the instruction of Advanced Decontamination Procedures. This class was headed up by highly trained staff from the Guardian Centers of Georgia. Some of the topics that were covered included mass decontamination of large number of personnel, both ambulatory (able to walk on their own), and non-ambulatory (unable to walk or possibly injured), water supplies and pumping operations and decontamination of large and small animals.
The opportunity to be asked to assist with the instruction of these classes is a big honor for Perry Fire and Emergency Services. It proves that all of the hard work that we have put into our department has been recognized by the highly skilled and t
rained staff of the Guardian Centers of Georgia.
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Perry Leisure Services
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Perry Public Arts Survey
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Perry is currently experiencing tremendous growth and is expected to continue this trend for years to come. The City Council, administrators, businesses, and community want to maximize this opportunity for all future generations to come. Public art is considered an essential asset to be included within these plans as outlined within the city's adopted 2014 Strategic Master Plan. Your completion of this survey is critical to the creation of a Public Arts Master Plan currently underway for the city. We sincerely appreciate the opportunity to hear your voice and welcome any questions you may have.
-Perry Public Arts Commission
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Department of Finance
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SPLOST
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