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Fulton County commissioners adopt 2026 tentative budget; final adoption set for Dec. 30
Summary
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners adopted the county's 2026 tentative budget during its Nov. 25 meeting; officials said the final budget will be adopted on Dec. 30, 2025. Several routine vendor and administrative approvals also passed unanimously.
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Nov. 25 to adopt the county's 2026 tentative budget as presented by Chief Financial Officer Mike Lamb and Fiscal Administrator Sue Reed, with final adoption scheduled for Dec. 30, 2025. Commissioner Hervey P. Hann made the motion to adopt; all commissioners voted in favor.
The tentative-budget vote followed budget presentations by county fiscal staff and places the document on a path to a final vote at the board's Dec. 30 meeting. The commissioners did not specify total revenues or expenditures for the 2026 tentative budget during the recorded discussion; the amount was not specified in the record.
The meeting also included the approval of several routine financial and administrative items. The board approved payroll dated Nov. 28, 2025 ($125,126.16), payables dated Nov. 28, 2025 (total $674,010.68) with the General Fund sub-total listed as $213,274.44, and vendor payments and subscriptions including EPayment Now dog license processing ($2,363.50), William Penn Printing ($4,487.70), Elect IT Solutions IT staffing and support for December ($9,854.00) and HART license and support ($11,815.00). Commissioners recorded fund-level distributions for multiple funds, including Fund 247 (CDBG $87,108.88) and Fund 229 (HSDF/HSBG $299,742.00).
Votes at a glance Motion to adopt 2026 tentative budget ' Motion by Commissioner Hervey P. Hann ' Outcome: approved (unanimous) Approval of payroll dated Nov. 28, 2025 ($125,126.16) ' Motion by Commissioner Hann ' Outcome: approved (unanimous) Approval of payables dated Nov. 28, 2025 (total $674,010.68) ' Motion by Commissioner Hann ' Outcome: approved (unanimous) Vendor invoice approvals (William Penn Printing, Elect IT Solutions, HART, EPayment Now) ' Motions by Commissioners Wible/Bunch as noted ' Outcome: approved (unanimous)
The board scheduled no public hearing or additional budget presentations in the recorded minutes; the final adoption is on the agenda for Dec. 30, 2025.
