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Fulton County commissioners set 2026 tentative budget draft, approve invoices and certify municipal election
Summary
At their Nov. 18 meeting the Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved payables and payroll, accepted the annual audit and set the final draft of the 2026 budget for presentation next week; they also approved vendor invoices and certified the Nov. 4 municipal election results.
Fulton County commissioners on Nov. 18 approved payables of $152,769.34 and payroll of $124,586.59, accepted the county auditors' annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 2024, and agreed to present the final draft of the 2026 budget at next week’s meeting for adoption of a tentative budget.
County auditors Penny Kipp, Holly Falkosky and Rebecca Kendall told the board they filed the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) report and that the full audit is available on the county website and was advertised in the Fulton County News. Fiscal Administrator Sue Reed and Mike Lamb of Wessel & Co. met with department heads for a final budget review; commissioners gave verbal approval to present the draft for tentative adoption at the next meeting.
The board approved several vendor payments and contracts: a Wessel & Co. invoice for CFO services for $10,987.50; a HART invoice for ballot creation and programming for $10,599.39; and a one‑year HART extended warranty for Verity Scan and Verity Scan Writer (term Jan. 18, 2026–Jan. 17, 2027) for $2,700.00. Chief Tax Assessor Melissa Gordon presented and the board approved the Board of Assessment and Revision of Taxes certification for the tax year 2026 assessment roll, which the record cites in Purdon's reference to statutory requirements for an eighth‑class county.
Elections Director Linda Doyle presented the first signing of the Certification of Computation of Election Results for the Nov. 4 municipal election; the commissioners approved and executed that certification. Several procedural and executive‑session motions (personnel and legal matters) were also recorded during the meeting; where the minutes note separate or special meetings, the record indicates separate minutes are on file.
The meeting minutes list detailed fund-by-fund payables: Fund 100 General Fund $129,923.19; Fund 231 SFC Evidence Based Practice $142.50; Fund 235 Law Library $2,540.38; Fund 238 911 $6,581.45; Fund 240 Hazmat $45.40; Fund 255 Domestic Incentive $1,134.87; Fund 256 Domestic Relations $556.77; Fund 300 Capital Projects $3,300.43; Fund 400 Debt Service $6,594.03; Fund 801 Pass thru Funds $1,950.32, totaling $152,769.34.
Next steps: the final 2026 budget draft will be presented at the board’s meeting on Nov. 25, 2025, for possible adoption of a tentative budget. Separate minutes are on file for the Salary Board and for a Retirement Board meeting referenced during the session.
