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Senior Baseball sells out clinic, to add another
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody Senior Baseball announced it has added a second clinic to accommodate demand in the community after their Winter Clinic at Brook Run Park sold out Oct. 31. In preparation for the spring 2024 high school season, Dunwoody Senior Baseball’s clinic will focus on fielding the baseball at multiple positions and hitting. Dunwoody Senior Baseball is no longer accepting applications for their first Winter Clinic, which is scheduled to run from Nov. 6 through Jan. 13. The first clinic meets for two hours on Mondays and three hours on Fridays or Saturdays, depending on the availability of Brook Run Park. The second Winter Clinic is scheduled for 14 workouts on Thursdays and Saturdays, running from Nov. 11 through Jan. 13. While most clinic workouts will be held at Brook Run Park, the second clinic’s first meeting is at Morgan Falls Park Nov. 11. When Saturdays are not available at Brook Run Park, the clinic will meet on Fridays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Winter Clinics are open to baseball players in grades eight to 12 for the 2023-2024 school year.
See BASEBALL, Page 20
Dunwoody pulls from reserves to fund 2024 budget spending By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
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Dunwoody Finance Director Richard Platto presents a second reading of the 2024 budget at City Hall Oct. 30.
I think we’re going to finish [2023] not having to use any fund balance, but we’re not ready to fully commit to that.” RICHARD PLATTO Dunwoody Finance Director
DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody City Council voted unanimously Oct. 30 to adopt a 2024 budget that calls for roughly $64.4 million in spending, a 16 percent drop from the current year. Even with the reduction in spending, the city is pulling some of its current year reserves to help pay for operations in the new budget. City officials say they are keeping an eye on maintaining at least enough reserves in the coming year to fund four months of operations for city services. About half the total budget, $33 million, is committed to operations. That’s technically down 11 percent from 2023, but removing the windfall from this year’s sale of property on Shallowford Road, the actual operations budget will increase by 9 percent. City officials concede they are facing challenges to meet demands for higher police pay, rising healthcare costs, improving right of way maintenance and higher IT and parks expenses. Operational spending does not include funds like the American Rescue Plan Act, other major capital pro-jects and closed funds like stormwater and E911.
See DUNWOODY, Page 21