By Megan Matteucci
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DeKalb County News
September 29, 2010
About $36 million in federal stimulus bonds will help alleviate lines at DeKalb County's traffic court, relocate police officers and improve water quality, officials said.
With only two days left before the deadline, the DeKalb County Commission voted Tuesday to use the low-interest bonds.
The commission’s decision is a turnaround from two weeks ago, when commissioners were celebrating not using the federal loans, saying that any use of the money would require a property tax increase.
CEO Burrell Ellis said Tuesday that it’s too early to say if taxes will go up next year, but he said that the bonds will not be the reason for any increase in the millage rate.
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