Coffee County approves $23.16 million FY2026 budget, passes amendments and several land-use requests
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The Coffee County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a $23,156,000 FY2026 county budget, approved FY2025 amendments with no net General Fund effect, authorized a municipal tax-collection agreement, and approved multiple rezoning and subdivision applications at its Dec. 1 meeting.
County Administrator Wesley Vickers presented the fiscal year 2026 county budget and the Board of Commissioners approved it unanimously at the Dec. 1 meeting.
"The FY 2026 County budget is $23,156,000.00," County Administrator Wesley Vickers said, noting a Combined Special Revenue Fund budget of $57,109,400. A public hearing on the budget was held Nov. 10, 2025. Commissioner Jimmy Kitchens moved to approve the FY2026 budget; Commissioner Ted O’Steen seconded and all commissioners voted yes.
Vickers also presented FY2025 budget amendments that reallocate $850,000 into county departments while reducing contingency by the same amount. "There will be a zero net effect on the General Fund," he said. Commissioner George McIver moved to approve the amendments; Vice Chairman AJ Dovers seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
The board approved a contract to allow the county Tax Commissioner, Angela Harper, to collect municipal taxes for the cities of Douglas, Nicholls and Broxton. The agreement provides the county a 2.85% commission on municipal taxes collected and calls for the cities to pay $20,000 to the Tax Commissioner as compensation; the contract takes effect Jan. 1, 2026. Commissioner Ted O’Steen moved to approve the contract; Commissioner Jimmy Kitchens seconded and the board voted unanimously in favor.
Land-use approvals and subdivision actions followed. The board approved a rezoning by Jeremy Dorminey for 14.29 acres at 271 Thompson Drive from AG (Agriculture) to C (Commercial) after the Planning Commission and staff recommended approval and no members of the public spoke. A first-reading rezoning by Charles Griffis for 1.82 acres at 1187 Squire Road, Ambrose, to allow a single-operator mechanic shop also received unanimous approval after no public comment.
The board approved a rezoning by Bobby Guthrie for 5.05 acres at 1361 Quincey Batten Loop (R2 to AG) and a subdivision application by Thomas E. Butts for seven 1-acre lots on 7 acres at 435 Deer Run Road in Nicholls; both actions drew no public comment and passed unanimously. A 25-acre subdivision by Memphis Enterprises LLC on Timberwolf Trail creating 14 lots was approved after Road Superintendent Buddy Jordan reported no road-capacity concerns.
Several additional rezoning requests for properties owned by Carlton Dorminey were presented as first readings, with Planning and staff recommending denial on one parcel (23.01 acres at 4252 Highway 32 West from R2 to W-LI) and recommending approval on two ten-acre parcels (3572 Highway 32 West and 3916 Highway 32 West). Those items were recorded as first readings with recommendations noted.
The board conducted routine governance business—approving minutes and the meeting agenda—and adjourned at 10:19 a.m.