It’s budget season in Athens-Clarke County, when local lawmakers spend weeks hammering out the details of a county budget that, this year, is expected to top $300 million dollars, including over $193 million in general fund spending.
As is often the case, some commissioners have produced a counterproposal to the suggested budget from Mayor Kelly Girtz. That’s the case this year with a budget co-authored by Commissioners Jesse Houle, Dexter Fisher, and Mike Hamby. WUGA’s Alexia Ridley sat down with one of the authors, District 6 Commissioner Jesse Houle, to discuss details.
