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Administrator Outlines Budget Timeline, LRA/SPLOST Spending and $3.3M Use of Fund Balance
Summary
County Administrator John Gorton reported PT‑32 receipts show about $900,000 additional tax revenue year-over-year and presented a draft budget that includes roughly $3.3 million from fund balance — about $2.0 million LRA funds earmarked for committed projects and approximately $1.3 million to balance the budget pending further adjustments — with the budget to be advertised Sept. 11 and adopted Sept. 29.
County Administrator John Gorton reviewed the schedule and high-level figures for the fiscal-year budget and urged commissioners to meet in the next five weeks to finalize details. He said the County received PT‑32 tax information showing approximately $900,000 more in tax revenue than the prior year.
Gorton explained the draft budget includes an approximate $3.3 million transfer from fund balance: roughly $2 million consists of Local Road Aid (LRA) funds that must be spent to preserve eligibility for LMIG funding and approximately $1.3 million is included to balance the budget. He said historically the county budgets $750,000–$1 million from fund balance but that vacancies and other in-year savings have often reduced that draw.
Gorton told the board the budget advertisement must be prepared by Sept. 11 and published Sept. 17, that Sept. 16 is the county administrator’s internal deadline for a balanced draft, and that the public hearing and adoption are scheduled for Sept. 29. He emphasized the county remains financially stable and that some capital projects (courthouse and others) are funded through SPLOST, not the general fund.
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