The Carroll City Council will be convening for a special Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) budget workshop at 5:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18. This is the first of four scheduled workshops and will focus in on General Obligation (GO) bonding options for street improvements and the proposed updates and expansion at the Carroll Rec Center as well as the Police Department budget for the coming year. Council members will also be reviewing requests for funding support from outside agencies, currently at more than $168,600. This includes requests from the Region XII taxi program, the Carroll Area Child Care Center and preschool, Community of Concern Food Pantry, New Opportunities, the Carroll Area Development Corporation (CADC) and more. There is also a breakdown of the general fund operating budget of $226,000 from the Carroll Airport Commission along with their capital requests. Although the discussion on these requests will take place, there will be no presentations. The review will come from letters submitted from these agencies that are in the meeting packet, a link to which is included with this story on our website. This meeting will be livestreamed on the city’s YouTube channel and will be aired on CAAT 6 channels but will not be available on Zoom. Those wishing to submit comments on the draft budget, a copy of which is to be posted at www.cityofcarroll.com/finance, can do so prior to the meeting by emailing cityofcarroll@cityofcarroll.com.
Link to meeting packet and instructions for watching on city’s YouTube channel: https://www.cityofcarroll.com/Uploads/agendas-minutes2021/CouncilAgendaPacket011821pack.pdf