City finalizes FY 2018 budget

The city of Hapeville is in the progress of creating and finalizing its budget for its next fiscal year, which runs July 1, 2017 — June 30, 2018. The budget is a roadmap that sets the priorities of the city, and as such requires many moving parts and attention to many details, city officials said. The final opportunity for citizen feedback is at the City Council meeting 6 p.m. June 20 in council chambers, 700 Doug Davis Drive, Hapeville. According to state law, the budget must be finalized and in place by June 30. Ronald Bridges Park, 5285 Lakeside Drive, Union City. kiss104fm. com.

Taste of Fayette by Main Street Fayetteville. Noon-4 p.m. Sunday. 50 cents (by cash or credit) for each token to buy food and beverages. Stonewall Village across from the Old Fayette County Courthouse. Kids Corner, Fountain Stage with the Jess Goggans Band, Children’s Art Tent. 770-719-4173, fayetteville-ga.gov.

Going Green With Your Beauty Routine. 1:30-2:30 p.m. June 14. Free.

Fayette Senior Services, The Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center Drive, Fayetteville.

Registered Nurses Leslie Degner and Donna Mitchelle will discuss how to avoid harmful ingredients in personal-care products.

Register: 770-461-0813 or email register@fayss.org. Fayss.org.

City names new deputy fire chief

During Monday night’s city commission meeting, Decatur announced DeKalb County veteran Vera Morrison as its new Deputy Fire Chief. Morrison, who spent 15 years with the county, most recently as battalion chief, starts work today.

She replaces Stephanie Harpring, who left in March and is now fire marshal for Thornton, Colorado.

Morrison steadily worked her way up the ladder in DeKalb from EMT to firefighter, driver, captain and finally battalion chief in 2013.

“I set a standard for myself to learn every discipline,” she said Monday night.

Decatur may likely be the nation’s only fire department where women fill the top three positions: Fire Chief Toni Washington, second-in-command Morrison, and Assistant Chief and Fire Marshal Ninetta Violante.