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Thomasville adopts $58.8 million FY 2026 budget, sets school supplement at 19.5 cents
Summary
The Thomasville City Council on June 16 approved a $58,778,599 budget that maintains the municipal tax rate at 62 cents per $100 valuation and sets the FY 2026 school supplement at 19.5 cents after a 6-1 vote. The budget also keeps a $20 vehicle tax and endorses departmental fee schedules.
The Thomasville City Council approved the FY 2026 budget ordinance totaling $58,778,599 and set the school supplement tax at 19.5 cents per $100 valuation.
Finance Director Avant presented the budget, which maintains the city’s general tax rate at 62 cents per $100 valuation, continues a $20 municipal vehicle tax and includes departmental appropriations and fee schedules. Councilmember Hunter Thrift moved to adopt the budget; the motion passed unanimously 7-0.
The council debated the school supplement earlier in the meeting. Councilmember Neal Grimes moved to fund the supplement at 19 cents, a motion that failed 6-1. Councilmember Hunter Thrift then moved to set the supplement at 19.5 cents; that motion passed 6-1 with Councilmember Lisa Shell voting against it. According to the roll call, the six yes votes were: Neal Grimes, Doug Hunt, JacQuez Johnson, Scott Styers, Hunter Thrift and Payton Williams.
Councilmembers praised staff for preparing a budget that preserves services without raising the municipal tax rate. The budget message noted funding priorities for employee support and departmental operations. The ordinance also endorses fee schedules previously provided to the council.
During budget discussion the council noted contingency levels; staff said the general fund contingency will be about $340,000 as the fiscal year closes. The budget adoption enables departments to proceed with planned purchases and staffing adjustments.
The council approved the budget ordinance and associated rate schedules on a 7-0 vote. The school supplement was set separately on a 6-1 roll-call vote. The city will levy the adopted tax rates beginning with the FY 2026 billing cycle.
