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Board reviews FY26 first-quarter finances and outlines SPLOST 27 priorities including farmland preservation
Summary
Finance staff presented the county's FY26 first-quarter report (July–September) showing revenues and expenditures, sales-tax collections up about 5% year over year, and discussed SPLOST 27 planning and allocations including farmland preservation; the board accepted the Farmland Preservation Committee recommendation.
Oconee County staff presented the FY26 first-quarter financial update (covering July through September) at the Nov. 4 meeting and outlined initial SPLOST 27 planning priorities.
Finance staff said general fund first-quarter revenues were approximately $5.3 million (about 11.7% of the amended budget) and expenditures for the general fund were about $8.2 million (about 17.5% spent), reflecting annual insurance and software payments that occur early in the fiscal year. Sales-tax collections (local option sales tax and SPLOST distributions) were up…
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