At a glance
Adopted FY2026 · Resolution R2025-03How the budget was adopted
From the resolution text itself
The City Council received the proposed budget on May 19, 2025, held a public hearing on June 2, 2025, and adopted the budget on June 16, 2025, as required under O.C.G.A. § 36-81-5 and § 36-81-6. The resolution is signed for the City of Dawsonville by Mayor John Walden and the Council.
What stands out
From the figures below
The sales tax dominates General Fund revenue: LOST alone is $1,900,000 of the $3,334,300 in listed General Fund revenue lines (about 57%). The Park Facilities Fund balances exactly at $412,500, and the Hotel/Motel Fund balances at $7,500. No property-tax revenue line appears in the General Fund revenue lines of Exhibit A.
Source: Resolution No. R2025-03, City of Dawsonville, adopted June 16, 2025. Read the adopted budget (PDF).
General Fund revenues
Adopted FY2026 · Exhibit AGrouped below by kind. Each group total is the sum of its listed lines, and the grand total is the sum of the groups — the arithmetic checks exactly. This is the sum of the General Fund revenue lines legible in Exhibit A; the document's own General Fund total was not legibly extractable from the scan, so no fund total is claimed beyond this sum of shown lines.
| Revenue group | Adopted FY2026 |
|---|---|
| Sales & excise taxes — LOST $1,900,000 + alcohol excise tax $114,000 | $2,014,000 |
| Franchise fees — electric $200,000 + gas $20,000 + telephone $30,000 + garbage $10,000 + broadband $500 | $260,500 |
| Other taxes — insurance premium $350,000 + occupation $48,000 + intangibles $17,000 + real estate transfer $113,000 + motor vehicle title ad valorem $101,000 + financial institution $5,100 | $634,100 |
| Licenses, permits & fees — building $60,000 + zoning & land use $31,000 + plan review $31,000 + inspection $27,000 + grading $5,500 + certificate of occupancy $4,200 + alcohol license $2,000 + variance $2,000 + sign permit $1,000 + election fee $900 + parade/event $800 + annexation $500 + demolition $300 | $166,200 |
| Grants & intergovernmental — GDOT state grant, capital (LMIG) $50,000 + GMA safety grant $6,000 + grant, trail $0 | $56,000 |
| Other revenue — interest income $140,000 + rental income (DMC) $30,000 + miscellaneous $21,000 + room rental $7,500 + municipal court fines/fees $3,000 + storm drainage $2,000 + DDA contributions/donations $0 | $203,500 |
| Sum of General Fund revenue lines shown | $3,334,300 |
Check: $2,014,000 + $260,500 + $634,100 + $166,200 + $56,000 + $203,500 = $3,334,300. ✓
Every General Fund revenue line, as printed
| Revenue line (Exhibit A) | Adopted FY2026 |
|---|---|
| Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) | $1,900,000 |
| Insurance premium tax | $350,000 |
| Electric franchise fees | $200,000 |
| Interest income | $140,000 |
| Alcohol excise tax | $114,000 |
| Real estate transfer tax | $113,000 |
| Motor vehicle title ad valorem tax | $101,000 |
| Building permits | $60,000 |
| GDOT state grant, capital (LMIG) | $50,000 |
| Occupation tax | $48,000 |
| Zoning & land use fees | $31,000 |
| Plan review fees | $31,000 |
| Telephone franchise fees | $30,000 |
| Rental income — DMC | $30,000 |
| Inspection fees | $27,000 |
| Miscellaneous revenue | $21,000 |
| Gas franchise fees | $20,000 |
| Intangibles tax | $17,000 |
| Garbage franchise fees | $10,000 |
| Room rental revenue | $7,500 |
| GMA safety grant | $6,000 |
| Grading fees | $5,500 |
| Financial institution tax | $5,100 |
| Certificate of occupancy fee | $4,200 |
| Municipal court fines/fees | $3,000 |
| Alcohol license | $2,000 |
| Variance application fee | $2,000 |
| Storm drainage revenue | $2,000 |
| Sign permit | $1,000 |
| Qualifying election fee | $900 |
| Parade / public assembly event fee | $800 |
| Broadband franchise fee | $500 |
| Annexation fee | $500 |
| Demolition permit | $300 |
| Grant — trail | $0 |
| DDA contributions / donations | $0 |
| Total of lines shown | $3,334,300 |
Source: Exhibit A, General Fund revenue lines, Resolution R2025-03. Read the adopted budget (PDF).
Other funds
Adopted FY2026 · Exhibit AOnly funds whose lines could be read clearly and sum-checked are shown. “Not extracted” means the scan did not yield a figure this page can stand behind — not that the amount is zero.
| Fund | Revenue / funding lines shown | Expenditure lines shown | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Facilities Fund (308) | $412,500 | $412,500 | Balanced: park facilities revenue $212,500 + interest revenue $200,000 = park facilities improvements $412,500. |
| Hotel / Motel Tax Fund (275) | $7,500 | $7,500 | Balanced: hotel/motel tax revenue $7,500 = payments to other agency (Chamber) $7,500. |
| Cemetery Fund (790) | Not extracted | $50,800 | Expenditures sum exactly: repairs & maintenance $13,000 + dues & fees $1,000 + supplies $6,800 + capital outlay $30,000 + capital outlay, other equipment $0. |
| Downtown Development Authority (285) | Not extracted | $36,875 | Expenditure lines shown sum exactly: grant disbursements $30,000 + education & training $3,675 + professional, legal $2,000 + professional, accounting $1,200. |
| SPLOST VII Fund (327) | $2,570,000 | Not extracted | Funding lines shown: SPLOST VII revenue $1,300,000 + interest $70,000 + transfers in from reserves $1,200,000. The $1,200,000 is a transfer from reserves, not new tax revenue. Capital-outlay lines in this fund were not legibly extractable, so no expenditure total is shown. |
| TSPLOST Fund (335) | $0 | $687,500 | As printed in the excerpt: TSPLOST revenue $0 and interest $0, with TSPLOST roads and streets expenditure of $687,500. The excerpt does not legibly show the funding source for that expenditure, so none is claimed. |
Checks: Park Facilities $212,500 + $200,000 = $412,500 ✓ · Hotel/Motel $7,500 = $7,500 ✓ · Cemetery $13,000 + $1,000 + $6,800 + $30,000 + $0 = $50,800 ✓ · DDA $30,000 + $3,675 + $2,000 + $1,200 = $36,875 ✓ · SPLOST VII $1,300,000 + $70,000 + $1,200,000 = $2,570,000 ✓
Source: Exhibit A, Funds 275, 285, 308, 327, 335 and 790, Resolution R2025-03. Read the adopted budget (PDF).
Enterprise & utility charges
Adopted FY2026 · Enterprise Fund (505) & Solid Waste (540)Utility charges listed in Exhibit A. These are the charges lines only — not Enterprise Fund totals, which were not legibly extractable from the scan as a whole.
| Charge line | Adopted FY2026 |
|---|---|
| Water charges | $950,000 |
| Sewerage charges | $1,105,000 |
| Water + sewerage charges | $2,055,000 |
| Water taps | $150,000 |
| Sewer taps | $10,000 |
| Water + sewer taps | $160,000 |
| Refuse collection charges (Solid Waste Fund) | $240,000 |
Checks: $950,000 + $1,105,000 = $2,055,000 ✓ · $150,000 + $10,000 = $160,000 ✓
Source: Exhibit A, Enterprise Fund (505) revenue lines, Enterprise Projects Fund (530) tap lines, and Solid Waste Fund (540), Resolution R2025-03. Read the adopted budget (PDF).
What this page does not claim
Honest gapsNo General Fund total. The scan does not legibly yield the document's own General Fund revenue or expenditure total, and department totals (Council, Mayor, Administration, Roads, Parks, Planning & Zoning, Economic Development, and others) could not be sum-verified from the scanned tables, so none are shown. The $3,334,300 figure is only the sum of the General Fund revenue lines listed above.
No FY2027 figures. The city's FY2027 budget document (Resolution R2026-03) is listed on the city website but was not content-verified; it is not cited or used for any figure here.
No audit, actuals, population, or tax-rate figures. No verified audit, actual-spending, population, or millage document for the City of Dawsonville was in the source file for this dashboard, so none appear.
Rounding. Dollar figures are reproduced exactly as printed in Exhibit A. The “about 57%” LOST share is rounded ($1,900,000 ÷ $3,334,300).
This is an unofficial demonstration dashboard built from a public record. It is not published by the City of Dawsonville.
Sources
One verified documentSource document
Content-verified for the City of Dawsonville
Adopted FY2026 budget — Resolution No. R2025-03 (City of Dawsonville, Georgia; budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026; adopted June 16, 2025; Exhibit A budget tables). Read the adopted budget (PDF).
Not used: the FY2027 budget document listed on the city's finance page (R2026-03) — listed but not content-verified, so no figure on this page comes from it.
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