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Dunwoody passes ‘no-frills’ budget aided by reserves By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
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Local artists and members of the community gather at Marlow’s Tavern in Dunwoody Oct. 30 to celebrate the conclusion of Arts and Culture Month.
Dunwoody concludes Arts and Culture Month By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga — Dunwoody marked the end of its Arts and Culture Month by celebrating the work of local creatives. Artists marked the end of the month by asking for more arts funding and community support. Over the past 15 years, Georgia has sunk from the bottom 5 in state funding for the arts, to dead last, according to ArtsGeorgia. Don Ball, a former band teacher, said underfunding
the arts does a disservice to students. Ball speaks from experience, having worked with music students for more than 40 years. He said arts help students with, “creativity, emotional development, motor skills, reading,” and more. “The question we need to be asking ourselves is not how we can force feed students more math and science, but how come they’re not learning the math and science we’re already
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Music teacher Don Ball performs at Marlow’s Tavern Oct. 30 at an event marking the end of Dunwoody Arts and Culture Month. Ball also stressed the importance of fine arts education in schools.
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody officials passed a 2025 spending plan Oct. 28 with City Manager Eric Linton describing it as a “no-frills budget.” Despite financial constrictions, city officials put together next year’s budget over the summer, which fully funds operations using $1.26 million in reserves. A budget is a spending plan, so using reserves to cover operations is anticipated but not certain. The Financial Times, a British daily newspaper focusing on current economic affairs, says a “budget deficit occurs when a government spends more than it receives in tax
revenue, while a structural deficit is when [it] persists for some time.” In 2025, Dunwoody plans to bring in around $31.5 million in revenue before using its reserves or transferring funds. The city is planning to spend $37 million. Finance Director Richard Platto gave his second budget presentation, going over specific city funds and discussing upcoming shortfalls in the general fund. “This is the second year in a row where we’ve seen a trend like this where expenditure growth is higher than revenue growth,” Platto said. While the 2025 operating budget, or general fund, assumes a 2.4 percent growth in revenue, the city is planning to spend 6.7 percent more next year.
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