The City of LaGrange continued to reduce its annual agency appropriations with a budget amendment on Tuesday.
Traditionally, agency appropriations — funding for charitable or non-profit organizations — are a part of the annual budgeting process. This year, the council elected to set aside $250,000 and decide which groups get the funding at a later date.
In recent years, the council has made drastic reductions to agency funding after the overall funding ballooned to over a million dollars.
The council had halved the funding each agency was provided for the last few years, ultimately hoping for a total cut by 2024, which did not happen.
Most agencies were limited to $12,500, half of the maximum provided when the city began trying to “wean” agencies away from city funding in 2019.
Some agencies that provide services utilized by the city have been transitioned to be funded by other departments, such as the domestic violence shelter, Harmony House, which is now part of the police budget. The council has discussed doing the same for the Troup County Homeless Coalition in next year’s budget.
After much discussion during the morning work session, the council ended up settling on about $200,000 in agency appropriations and saving the remaining $50,000 to potentially be disbursed throughout the year if needed.
The following funding was approved via budget amendment:
Enlightenment Center for African American History (ECAAH) – $0
Operation Correct Start of America (Saving our Sons) – $12,500
Troup County Homeless Coalition – $30,000
Discovering Soldiers Potential II – $12,500
LaGrange Art Museum – $10,000
LaGrange-Troup County Council of Church Women – $2,700
LaGrange Symphony Orchestra – $7,500
Troup Cares – $7,500
Joy Inside Tears – $4,500
Clockwork Youth Academy – $12,500
Lafayette Society for the Performing Arts – $10,000
Black Women in Action – $5,000
Communities In Schools – $12,500
Troup County Americorps – $8,000
Fellowship Deliverance Ministries – $5,000
West Georgia STAR – $12,500
Red Cross $12,500
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper – $10,000
LaGrange Personal Aid – $12,500
Salvation Army $12,500
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