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CFO presents preliminary FY2025 audit; commissioners adopt budget amendments
Summary
Walker County's CFO reported preliminary FY2025 numbers—general fund revenue of about $36.8 million, expenditures of $35.3 million, a net loss of about $688,000, and fund balance above $24 million—and the board voted to approve required budget amendments for FY2025.
Walker County's chief financial officer, Christian Roche, presented preliminary audit numbers and SPLOST/T-SPLOST cycle reports and said the county would present a budget amendment to match appropriations required under state law.
Christian Roche told commissioners the general fund had year-to-date revenue figures and expenditures for FY2025 and described transfers that had been made to support operations and capital projects. "For fiscal year 2025 our general fund revenue was 36,800,000; our expenditures were 35,300,000, with the transfers in and out," Roche said. He reported a net loss of about $688,000 and said the fund balance remained above $24,000,000 with cash over $18,000,000 as of Sept. 30, 2025.
Roche explained T-SPLOST cycle collections and reported T-SPLOST revenue and expenditures to date; he said the county had fronted some road projects and expected T-SPLOST to 'catch up' before the cycle ends. Commissioners asked whether the T-SPLOST shortfall would affect paving projects; Roche said planned paving would continue and revenues were trending up.
The board then considered Resolution R-020-26, the FY2025 budget amendment resolution required when appropriations are exceeded. After a motion and second, commissioners voted unanimously to adopt the resolution.
Next steps: the budget amendment was adopted and will be reflected in the county's financial records; the CFO indicated staff will post detailed reports publicly.
