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Elbert County adopts 2026 budget, approves new positions, pay increases and capital projects
Summary
Elbert County's Board of County Commissioners adopted the 2026 budget on Dec. 15, 2025 after a finance director's presentation. The budget keeps revenues and expenditures roughly level, uses reserve funds for specific costs, adds personnel and vehicles, and approves several capital projects including $500,000 for fairgrounds improvements.
Elbert County's Board of County Commissioners adopted the county's 2026 budget and appropriations at a special meeting Dec. 15, 2025, after a presentation by Finance Director Tiffany Hermas and brief commissioner questions. The board voted in favor of the resolution and the chair declared the motion carried.
Hermas told commissioners the countywide budget shows overall revenue slightly down between 2025 and 2026 but that many funds remain level. "Our revenue is going up about 8% and our expenditures are going up about 7.6," she said, referring to the general fund. She added the county plans "to be happy to use fund balance for some of the expenditures in 2026," citing costs tied to forming the 23rd District, a building lease, contract services and capital purchases.
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