DeKalb County Passses FY2023 Budgets

DeKalb County Passes $25.5 M Budget

By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com

FORT PAYNE, Ala.-- (Full Video on Southern Torch Facebook)

The DeKalb County Commission met on Tuesday, September 13, for their regularly scheduled meeting. The Commission passed its 2023 FY budget of approximately $25.5 million. It includes a 4% COLA for employees. Other highlights of the budget include $9.127,900 for the Sheriff/Jail, $7,729,200 for Roads/ Engineering, $1,049,400 for Rural Public Transportation and other Aging and Rx Grant

9/11:

By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com

FORT PAYNE, Ala.-- (Full Video on Southern Torch Facebook)

On Monday, citizens gathered for a remembrance ceremony, at the DeKalb County Courthouse, to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the 9//11 attacks.

Twenty-one years, 2,977 lives were lost at Ground Zero in New York City, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania in the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

Conspirators from the al-Qaida Muslim militant group took control of jets, hitting the trade center’s twin towers and the Pentagon. A plane that was headed toward

Projects, $6,622,400 for all other General Fund and Reappraisal Departments, and $954,100 for various other departments.

The following were hired for the Road Department:

Norman Price( District 3) to replace Steven Guffey Resignation of William King (D3) Jacob Lea (Unit) to replace Tracy Turner

A position was posted for the shop (David Maddox resigned

In Engineering, the following were approved: Project No. ST-025888-022, Resurfacing of

By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com

RAINSVILLE, Ala.--The Dekalb County Board of Education held its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, September 8. Chief School Financial Officer Anthony Cooper presented the second budget hearing of the 2023FY Budget. The Board approved the FY2023 budget of $118M. The budget includes a 4% state-mandated raise with the board deciding on adding another 1%. A percentage breakdown of expenditures are as follows:

• Instructional -51%

• Instructional support -14%

• Operations and Maintenance -9%

• Transportation-7%

• Child Nutrition- 8%

• General Administrative- 4%

• Capital Outlay- 5%

• Debt Services 1%

• Other (which includes extended day programs, preschool and tutoring) 2%

In other business the Board approved the following resignations:

• Lindsey Cofield - CNP Worker - Geraldine High School - 8/30/22

The following Leaves of Absence were approved:

• Rebecca Guinn - Store Worker - Fyffe High School - 8/1/22-9/12/22 (Extended from 8/26/22)

• Traci Roper - EL Teacher - Sylvania High School - 8/16/22-5/26/23

(Intermittent)

The following On the Job Injury was approved:

• Nicole Travis Green - Pre-K Auxiliary - Fyffe High School - 33 days

The following placements were made: (All placements are made pending a background review meeting suitability criteria and negative, pre-employment drug screen and appropriate certification)

Certified:

• Levi Maness