The Baldwin City Council discussed the city’s proposed 2025 calendar and ARPA obligations during its work session Monday. The council did not take any action on either matter but carried them forward to next week’s meeting.
The city’s proposed 2025 calendar was made up of three parts. It outlined the city council’s work session and meeting dates, city holidays, and city events.
According to the proposed calendar, the city council will hold a combined 35 work sessions and council meetings in 2025. City Hall will be closed for 14 holidays during the year. The city proposes 14 dates for events including movies in the market, the fall festival, and the Christmas Parade. Baldwin is in the rotation with Clarkesville and Cornelia to host the Christmas Parade.
To see the proposed 2025 all dates calendar- click here
To see the proposed 2025 meeting dates- click here
To see the proposed 2025 events dates- click here
The events calendar is only proposed dates and will not be finalized until January 2025.
ARPA funds
Chief Administrative Officer Emily Woodmaster explained to the city council that the city had some ARPA funds remaining that the city must contractually obligate before December 31.
The city received more than $1.27 million in ARPA funds from the federal government immediately after the pandemic. Of those funds, the city has spent $954,964, leaving a remaining balance of $319,948 that must be contractually obligated by the end of the year.
Woodmaster told the council that there were several items that it could select from that the city could move forward with to meet the criteria for spending the funds. The list proposed to the council had a few items that were removed from this year’s budget. However, a few items that were listed for the council to consider were going to be revisited over the next week to ensure accurate pricing.
The city council did not take any action on either item during the work session. Both items were moved to next Tuesday’s meeting for the council to consider.
