Whitfield County commissioners adopt $67 million 2026 operating budget

The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners voted 4-0 on Dec. 15 to adopt a $67 million operating budget for 2026, drawing $4.8 million from the county's fund balance, officials recorded at a special called meeting at the courthouse.

Commissioner Barry W. Robbins moved to adopt the 2026 budget resolution as presented; Commissioner Greg Jones seconded. The board’s recorded vote in favor included Chairman Jevin Jensen and Commissioners John Thomas, Greg Jones and Barry W. Robbins.

The resolution sets the operating budget at $67 million in expenditures with projected revenues totaling $67 million, of which about $62 million are expected to come from various revenue streams and $4.8 million will be covered by the county’s fund balance. The minutes do not specify which revenue sources comprise the $62 million figure.

Earlier in the meeting, Commissioner Robbins moved and Commissioner Jones seconded approval of the meeting agenda; that motion was recorded as approved 3-0 with Commissioners Jones, Thomas and Robbins recorded in agreement. Commissioner Robby Staten was listed as absent in the meeting record.

The special called meeting concluded with a unanimous adjournment. The minutes record no additional debate, amendments to the budget resolution, or subsidiary motions; no fiscal subaccount breakdown or departmental appropriation details are included in the meeting record provided.

Minutes were signed and filed with the Whitfield County clerk’s office as the official record of the special meeting.