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Coweta County reviews FY2026 draft budget as DA urges funding for rapid-resolution prosecutor to reduce jail backlog
Summary
County staff presented the FY2026 draft budget, projecting roughly $48.8 million needed for the general fund and recommending capital and personnel priorities; District Attorney Herb Pranford asked the board to fund one senior prosecutor and one legal assistant to run a rapid-resolution docket aimed at shortening pretrial jail stays and alleviating case backlog.
Michael Fouts, Coweta County administrator, opened the work session and presented the FY2026 draft budget schedule and high-level numbers, saying the county projects it will need roughly $48,800,000 to balance the general fund under the current assumptions. "We would need about $48,800,000 for the general fund to balance the budget," Fouts said while outlining revenue sources and warning that the digest figures were not final.
Fouts and finance staff reviewed proposed changes, including moving specific revenue and cost lines into special service district funds, modest increases in capital spending after years of underspending, and a…
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