FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Council Communications
Atlanta City Hall
55 Trinity Ave. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303

April 26, 2023

Atlanta City Council Releases Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Briefing Schedule

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council has announced its Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Briefing schedule. The briefings will be held in the Marvin S. Arrington Sr. Council Chamber at Atlanta City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave SW.

The briefings will be simulcast on the Council’s YouTube channel, Facebook, and X (formerly Twitter), Instagram pages, and Channel 26. Closed captioning will be available on the Council’s Facebook page.

The schedule is below:

Wednesday, May 1
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Fiscal condition of the City, budget development process, non-department capital and trust funds, debt service, cash pool, investments

12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Break

Unions

1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Professional Association of City Employees (PACE)

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
International Brotherhood of Police Officers (IBPO)

Thursday, May 2
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Department of Enterprise Asset Management

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Department of Corrections

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Break

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Atlanta Fire Rescue Department

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Atlanta Citizen’s Review Board

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Department of Law

Tuesday, May 7
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Atlanta Police Department

11:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Department of Watershed Management

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Break

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Atlanta Information Management

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Department of Customer Service/ATL311

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Department of Parks and Recreation

Wednesday, May 8
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Department of Public Works

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Invest Atlanta

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Break

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Department of Human Resources

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Department of Procurement

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Department of Labor

Thursday, May 9
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Atlanta Department of Transportation

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Municipal Court

12 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Break

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Department of Aviation

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Office of the Solicitor

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Office of the Public Defender

Tuesday, May 21
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Office of the Inspector General

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Ethics Office

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
City Auditor’s Office

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Break

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Department of City Planning

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Department of Grants and Community Development

6:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Public Hearing for Tax Millage Rate-Per Published Notice (Office of Revenue)

6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Budget Public Hearing (Interactive Community Budget Session)

Wednesday, May 22
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Department of Finance

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Executive offices

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Break

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
City Council

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Personnel paper discussion

Wednesday, May 29

12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Second public hearing for tax millage rate

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Third public hearing for tax millage rate

Monday, June 3
11:30 a.m.
Budget commission meets to approve Fiscal Year 2025 anticipations

Full Council meeting at Atlanta City Hall
• Fiscal Year 2025 budget approved by Council
• Adoption of revenue/fee/budget legislation
• Adoption of Fiscal Year 2025 personnel ordinance
• Adoption of other HR-related legislation, if applicable

Wednesday, June 12
Mayor Dickens approves/vetoes adopted ordinances
• Property tax rate ordinance
• Fiscal Year 2025 budget ordinance
• Personnel ordinance
• HR-related legislation
• Millage rate adoption

About Atlanta City Council

The Atlanta City Council is the chief policy-making body for the City of Atlanta. It acts by considering and enacting all laws that govern the City. The Council also approves the operating and capital budgets for the City as recommended by the mayor, and it continually monitors revenues and expenditures for local government operations. The Council reviews and has final say on many land-use and zoning matters. Major economic development projects for the City also fall under the Council’s consideration.

Comprised of 12 districts and three at-large posts, Council representatives include: Council President: Doug Shipman; District 1: Jason Winston; District 2: Amir Farokhi; District 3: Byron Amos; District 4: Jason S. Dozier; District 5: Liliana Bakhtiari; District 6: Alex Wan; District 7: Howard Shook; District 8: Mary Norwood; District 9: Dustin Hillis; District 10: Andrea L. Boone; District 11: Marci Collier Overstreet; District 12: Antonio Lewis; Post 1 At-Large: Michael Julian Bond; Post 2 At-Large: Matt Westmoreland; and Post 3 At-Large: VACANT.

To learn more about the Atlanta City Council, please visit http://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/. For the latest updates, follow the Atlanta City Council on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Office of Council Communications Contacts:

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404-330-6309

Bill Doughty

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Tiffanie Kelly

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