Habersham County landfill running on $2.78 million FY25 budget
The county landfill, which operates as a self-funded enterprise fund, is spending $2.78 million this fiscal year.
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The county landfill, which operates as a self-funded enterprise fund, is spending $2.78 million this fiscal year.
The board's approval sets how much the school district will spend and how staff are paid for the 2025 fiscal year.
The November 2025 referendum continues the county's 1% sales tax for six years and clears the way for bonds to build a new county jail, paid for with those sales-tax collections.
A GDOT-funded rebuild of the airport's runway and taxiway lighting is finished after a monthlong runway closure, but the county has not yet paid out roughly $117,000 held back from the contractor.
The board has routinely signed off on the district's monthly and year-end financial reports over the past two budget cycles, though the reports closing each fiscal year have twice been tabled before final approval.
The county hired McCormick Solutions last fall to handle appraisal field work and interim Chief Appraiser duties, but commissioners now plan to put the field work out for bid since a permanent Chief Appraiser is in place.
The sales tax funds county capital projects like the Animal Control Facility and a new Fire/EMA/E911 headquarters, and residents recently voted to extend it for future work.
The county's 2026 property tax digest, which sets the base for tax bills, saw growth reported through the spring and hundreds of appeals filed by July.
The SPLOST-funded building meant to house county fire, emergency management and 911 operations is being built in stages, with the second phase's estimated construction cost now approaching $14 million.
The county will contribute in-kind staff time as part of its share of a nearly $833,000 project to implement mitigation work on the Soque River under a state-administered federal clean-water grant.
A proposal to let renters book half days on Fridays and Sundays for set-up and clean-up around Saturday events at the Fairgrounds has been discussed for months but remains unresolved.
The approval lets the county chairman sign the paperwork to seek state transit funding that helps pay for Habersham County Transit's operations next year.
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