Granite Shoals balances budget; adding new police officer, fire official

GRANITE SHOALS — The City Council adopted a 2011-2012 balanced budget Sept. 13 that is $200,000 less than last fiscal year, while allowing for the addition of a police officer and an assistant fire chief.

In addition, homeowners may see their overall bill go down even though the council approved a slightly higher tax rate.

"This is a good budget that a lot of work went into," said City Manager Judy Miller.

The city is adding a police officer position in November and an assistant fire chief in April 2012.

The council approved a budget of $2.3 million in expenditures compared to $2.5 million for the previous fiscal year, 2010-2011.