DeKalb County CEO to discuss budget at neighborhood meeting

DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis has been meeting with various neighborhoods and communities across the county to discuss his proposed 2011 budget, which calls for increasing property taxes by 11 percent.

Tonight, Eillis will meet with DeKalb residents at the Leafmore Creek Park Clubhouse, 1373 Altamont Drive, Decatur, and Brookhaven Patch will cover it live starting at 7 pm.

Ellis’ proposed $563 million budget would cut more than 750 county jobs to make up for $50 million in lost real estate and sales taxes.

If adopted, DeKalb residents would see a property tax rate millage rate 0f 2.32 mils. For an average DeKalb County home, appraised at $190,000, property taxes would increase by $264 annually.

Return to Brookhaven Patch  to follow the debate this evening.