Spalding County Board of Commissioners County Budget General Fund only, comparison from FY 22 to FY 25. The budget went from $56,293,196.00 in 2022 to $71,168,532.00 (MILLION) in 2025, an increase of $14,875,336.00 (MILLION)
Does not include the actual expenditures by amendment at the end of the fiscal year (FY), which is used to adjust the budgeted from** original to the actual. Does not include Griffin or School Budgets.
The department making up the greatest expenditures of over 40% of the budget is the Sheriff Department, jail, etc (see spreadsheet) .
The courts and judiciary make up 14% of the total yearly budget .
The increase in budgets for each listed category is substantial from 2022 to 2025.
Percentage of increase from 2022 to 2025 is 22.2% .
Total combined approved General Fund budgets for 4 years : $260,359,447.00 (Million) (budgeted not actual)
**NOTE: The annual comprehensive financial report for 2023 states the original budget for some of the categories with different numbers than the budgeted vote The discrepant original category numbers are different from the final and many are also different from the actual numbers on the comprehensive financial annual report.
