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Fulton County approves $152,769.34 in payables, reviews 2026 budget draft and accepts annual audit filing
Summary
The Fulton County Board approved $152,769.34 in payables and $124,586.59 in payroll, accepted the auditors' annual audit report for 2024, and gave verbal approval to present the 2026 budget draft next week as the tentative budget.
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved county payables dated Nov. 18, 2025 totaling $152,769.34 and payroll dated Nov. 14, 2025 in the amount of $124,586.59.
The payables approval included a line‑by‑line fund breakdown presented in the meeting packet: General Fund $129,923.19; 911 fund $6,581.45; Law Library $2,540.38; Debt Service $6,594.03; and other smaller funds, for a combined total of $152,769.34. The board recorded the approval by voice vote ("All in favor").
County Auditors Penny Kipp, Holly Falkosky and Rebecca Kendall presented the Annual Audit Report for the year ending Dec. 31, 2024 and stated that the DCED (Department of Community and Economic Development) report was filed and a notice published in the Fulton County News; the full audit report is available on the county website.
Mike Lamb of Wessel & Co. and Fiscal Administrator Sue Reed conducted a final budget review with commissioners and department heads to prepare the budget for public advertisement. Commissioners gave verbal approval to present the final 2026 budget draft at next week's meeting for adoption as the tentative budget, moving the process toward formal adoption.
The board also approved an invoice from Wessel & Co. for CFO services for October 2025 in the amount of $10,987.50. Chief Tax Assessor Melissa Gordon presented and the board approved the certification of the assessment roll and total taxable assessment for tax year 2026 to demonstrate statutory compliance (Purdon's 72 5453.701 (c) -5).
