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During a brief Budget and Finance Committee Meeting on March 30, Accounts and Budgets Director Marianna Edinger told the members that over the coming weeks of budget meetings, the group and the mayor will address a “Christmas wish list” of an additional $3 million dollars. 

The committee will see an official proposed budget at the April 6 meeting. From there, members will address each department’s requests and narrow them down to a workable budget.

Edinger said that there was not an additional $3 million in revenues.

The county budget will need to be approved by the beginning of the next fiscal year July 1.

Also at the meeting, the committee approved a grant application for Coffee County Manchester Public Library that if approved will provide five Verizon hotspots, five HP laptops and $2,000 for associated costs and training, from the American Library Association.

The hotspots contract will be for one year, with the option to continue it into the future.