A financial update presented to the board on February 13, 2025 showed actual FY2024 general fund expenditures of $39,106,794 against the $37,185,665 original budget, while revenues came in at $37,198,832 — a combined $1,907,962 reduction to the fund balance.
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Habersham County FY2024 spending topped the approved budget by nearly $1.9 million
A February 2025 financial update shows the county spent more than it budgeted for fiscal year 2024, shrinking the general fund's balance.
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February 13, 2025: FY2024 General Fund actual results vs. original budget (expenditures exceeded budget, fund balance reduced)
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The Habersham County Board of Commissioners approved a $37,185,665 general fund budget for fiscal year 2024 at a called meeting on June 26, 2023, keeping the property tax millage rate at 12.682 mills, unchanged from 2022.
By July 2024, county budget documents listed departmental overtime spending for fiscal year 2024 at $1,256,515.
The same July 2024 budget documents cited a government-wide total of $84,569,306, described as a 15% increase from the FY24 original budget.
A financial update presented to the board on February 13, 2025 showed actual FY2024 general fund expenditures of $39,106,794 against the $37,185,665 original budget, while revenues came in at $37,198,832 — a combined $1,907,962 reduction to the fund balance.
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DiscusseddiscussedFY2024 General Fund actual results vs. original budget (expenditures exceeded budget, fund balance reduced)
EXPENDITURES
Original Budget:
$37,185,665
Actual:
$39,106,794
REVENUES
Original Budget:
$37,185,665
Actual:
$37,198,832
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FY2024 General Fund actual results vs. original budget (expenditures exceeded budget, fund balance reduced)
EXPENDITURES Original Budget: $37,185,665 Actual: $39,106,794 REVENUES Original Budget: $37,185,665 Actual: $37,198,832
DiscusseddiscussedFY2024 departmental overtime spending
Collectively, overtime budgeted for FY2024 is $1,256,515.
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FY2024 departmental overtime spending
Collectively, overtime budgeted for FY2024 is $1,256,515.
Appeared on agendaproposedHabersham County FY24 Government-wide budget total
$84,569,306 , an 15% increase from the FY24 original budget.
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Habersham County FY24 Government-wide budget total
$84,569,306 , an 15% increase from the FY24 original budget.
ApprovedunknownFY2024 General Fund Budget
FY2024 General Fund Budget of $37,185,665 during a Called Meeting on June 26, 2023.
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FY2024 General Fund Budget
FY2024 General Fund Budget of $37,185,665 during a Called Meeting on June 26, 2023.
ApprovedunknownFY2024 county, EMS and Hospital Bond millage rates
was left at 12.682 mills, which was the same as the previous tax year 2022
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FY2024 county, EMS and Hospital Bond millage rates
was left at 12.682 mills, which was the same as the previous tax year 2022
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