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The county's general fund budget grows 5.82% for the year ahead, and commissioners have now set the property tax rates, including for county residents and the school board, that will fund it.
County commissioners are still shaping which capital projects and what bond amount will go into the next local option sales tax, work that determines spending on county and city projects for years to come.
County department heads pitched their funding needs to commissioners over a two-day retreat, an early step in setting next year's county budget.
A prioritized project list could shape how the county spends limited recreation dollars this budget cycle.
County commissioners had Finance staff fold results of a pay study into the budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, a step that could affect county employee compensation.
The county's independent auditors gave a clean opinion on the FY2025 financial statements, but the report shows the solid waste fund again lost money and needed a general fund transfer to cover it.
The sales-tax-funded capital projects account that paid for jail repairs, HVAC and other county upgrades is set to make its last debt payment next year with no further tax collections expected.
The county will pay for new server equipment in the Tax Commissioner's office out of contingency funds rather than a new budget line.
Unaudited quarterly reports show how county revenue collections and spending compare to the adopted FY25 budget.
A cap on cashing out unused vacation time could affect how much the county pays departing employees and how FY26 budget figures are built.
Stephens County commissioners are looking at covering the cost of a Sheriff's Office drug dog using opioid settlement (DATE) money rather than the general budget.
Commissioners wanted firmer cost estimates before waiving permit fees for the industrial project, but separately approved its private-driveway request.
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