Gulf County School Board adopts 2025–26 final budget, sets total millage at 5.3220

The Gulf County School Board unanimously adopted the 2025–2026 Final Budget and approved the 2024–2025 Annual Financial Statements during a public hearing and regular meeting Sept. 4, 2025. Chairman Brooke Wooten opened the public hearing at 5:15 p.m.; no members of the public spoke.

The board approved the budget’s millage components on separate motions: Required Local Effort at 2.7850 (motion by Vice Chairman Ruby Knox, seconded by Matt Terry); Prior Period Funding Adjustment at 0.0050 (motion by Matt Terry, seconded by Equillar Gainer); Basic Discretionary at 0.7480 (motion by Vice Chairman Ruby Knox, seconded by Matt Terry); Capital Outlay at 0.7840 (motion by Equillar Gainer, seconded by Vice Chairman Knox); and a Voted millage of 1.0000 (motion by Vice Chairman Knox, seconded by Matt Terry). The board then approved the Final Budget total millage of 5.3220 (motion by Vice Chairman Knox, seconded by Equillar Gainer).

Board members described only minimal adjustments from the tentative budget during the agenda workshop earlier that evening. The board’s unanimous votes concluded the formal budget adoption; the meeting record does not include further debate or public comment on the spending plan.

Next steps: the board-approved final budget and the AFRs will be included in the district’s official records and used in tax-roll and accounting processes required by state law.