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The city council's budget sets how Carnesville spends taxpayer money for the year and, with the millage rate, how much residents pay in property taxes.
The adopted budget sets county spending for the coming year, while commissioners are still working out the property tax rate that will fund it.
The vote sets how much county property tax Franklin County residents will pay for 2026, capping a budget and millage cycle that also funded a new Industrial Building Authority levy and library budget increases.
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.
The budget sets the town's spending plan for police, water and other services for the fiscal year that ran July 2025 through June 2026.
The approved $78.5 million spending plan sets funding levels for county departments, the sheriff's office, EMS and outside agencies for the coming fiscal year.
County commissioners approved a FY2025 budget that aimed to hold the tax rate flat, but a year-end review later showed spending ran nearly $2 million over the original plan.
After months of departmental budget hearings, commissioners cut initial requests, adopted a FY2026 budget smaller than the prior year, and then split 3-2 on the tax rates that fund it.
The city council's Resolution 2026-4 updates the 2025 budget ahead of the year's audit, and city records show the council had to re-vote it after its first approval lacked a quorum.
The Habersham County Board of Education unanimously adopted its final budget for all funds, along with pay scales and job descriptions, after three public hearings.
The county's spending plan for next year is moving through review, with officials aiming to avoid a millage rate increase even as costs like employee health insurance are projected to rise.
The council's unanimous vote sets spending for the town's general, water, hotel/motel tax and other funds for the year starting July 1.
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