Unofficial demonstration dashboard
City of Leesburg, Georgia
Leesburg, Georgia — not Leesburg, Virginia, and not Leesburg, Florida. This page covers the Georgia city only, as confirmed by the Lee County Board of Education line in its budget document.
Overview & basis
Read this first — recommended is not adopted. The newest document used here is the City of Leesburg's FY2027 Recommended Budget. Its FY2027 figures are recommended only; the document does not show FY2027 adoption. The same document contains a FY2026 Approved column, and those FY2026 figures are approved figures. This dashboard labels every figure with its status and never presents a recommended figure as adopted.
The document also carries FY2025 audited figures and FY2026 unaudited actuals through March 31, 2026. Where this page shows a single headline year, it uses FY2026 Approved (the latest approved budget) alongside FY2027 Recommended for comparison.
At a glance
General Fund net gain/(loss) in the source: FY2025 audited $579,588; FY2026 approved $0; FY2026 unaudited through 03/31/2026 $141,866; FY2027 recommended $0. Water & Sewer net gain: FY2026 approved $3,615; FY2027 recommended $9,852.
General Fund revenues
The General Fund totals below are the source document's own totals. They reconcile exactly: FY2026 approved revenues $4,091,154 less expenditures $4,091,154 = $0; FY2027 recommended revenues $4,207,633 less expenditures $4,207,633 = $0.
| General Fund total | FY2025 Audited | FY2026 Approved | FY2027 Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenues | $4,265,165 | $4,091,154 | $4,207,633 |
| Total expenditures | $3,685,577 | $4,091,154 | $4,207,633 |
| Net gain / (loss) | $579,588 | $0 | $0 |
Largest individual FY2027 recommended revenue lines
These are individual lines from the document, not a complete breakdown — they are shown singly and are not summed into a subtotal.
| Revenue line | FY2027 Recommended |
|---|---|
| Local option sales tax | $766,700 |
| Refuse collection charges | $625,880 |
| Lee County Board of Education payment | $526,359 |
| Insurance premium tax | $401,170 |
| Real property — current year | $386,294 |
| Municipal fines | $252,000 |
Source: City of Leesburg FY2027 Recommended Budget document, General Fund Revenue section. Open the source PDF.
General Fund spending — by department
Every department figure below is the source document's own subtotal. The department rows sum exactly to the stated General Fund total in both columns — verified: FY2026 approved $4,091,154; FY2027 recommended $4,207,633.
| Department | FY2026 Approved | FY2027 Recommended | Share, FY2027 Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Safety | $1,966,871 | $2,018,139 | 48.0% |
| Public Works Maintenance (incl. sanitation) | $1,114,221 | $1,143,633 | 27.2% |
| Administration | $545,339 | $584,925 | 13.9% |
| Planning and Zoning | $170,000 | $170,000 | 4.0% |
| Municipal Court | $123,846 | $121,450 | 2.9% |
| Council / Legislative | $107,182 | $107,736 | 2.6% |
| Contingency Fund | $50,000 | $50,000 | 1.2% |
| Chamber of Commerce | $13,695 | $11,750 | 0.3% |
| Total General Fund expenditures | $4,091,154 | $4,207,633 | 100% |
Shares are computed from the FY2027 recommended figures shown and rounded; they sum to 100% within rounding. Public Safety is the largest department in both years. The Council / Legislative department is noted in the source as cost-shared with Water & Sewer.
Source: City of Leesburg FY2027 Recommended Budget document, General Fund Expenditures section. Open the source PDF.
Water & Sewer Fund
The three department subtotals sum exactly to the fund total in both columns — verified: FY2026 approved $1,728,183; FY2027 recommended $1,793,845.
| Water & Sewer Fund | FY2026 Approved | FY2027 Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Total revenues | $1,731,798 | $1,803,697 |
| Total expenses | $1,728,183 | $1,793,845 |
| Net gain | $3,615 | $9,852 |
| Department | FY2026 Approved | FY2027 Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Water Department | $865,763 | $900,589 |
| Sewer Department | $503,256 | $514,071 |
| Sewage Treatment Plant | $359,164 | $379,185 |
| Total Water & Sewer expenses | $1,728,183 | $1,793,845 |
Largest FY2027 recommended revenue lines in this fund (individual lines, not summed): water sales $800,732; sewer sales $719,471. The source also reports a net effect on cash reserves for the fund of $0 in both the FY2026 approved and FY2027 recommended columns, after unfunded depreciation and principal debt reduction.
Source: City of Leesburg FY2027 Recommended Budget document, Water & Sewer Fund section. Open the source PDF.
Other funds in the document
The same source document also contains SPLOST VII, SPLOST VIII, 2019 TSPLOST, and 2024 TSPLOST fund tables. Their column layouts mix voter-approved, recommended, and cash-reserve figures in a way that does not extract into clean, sum-checked totals, so no dollar figures from those funds are shown here rather than risk presenting a misread total. Readers should consult the source PDF directly for those funds.
What is not shown, and why: no adopted FY2027 budget document was verified — only the recommended document. No audit figures beyond the FY2025 audited column inside that document are shown. No population, millage, or staffing figures appear in the source tables used, so none are stated.
Sources & notes
- Primary source (all figures): City of Leesburg, Georgia — FY2027 Recommended Budget document (hosted on the city site), containing FY2025 audited, FY2026 approved, FY2026 unaudited actuals through 03/31/2026, and FY2027 recommended columns. https://www.cityofleesburgga.com/sites/default/files/fileattachments/administration/page/2665/fy_2027_recommended_budget.pdf
- Status labels: FY2026 = Approved. FY2027 = Recommended only — adoption is not shown in the document and is not claimed here.
- Sum checks performed: General Fund departments sum to $4,091,154 (FY2026 approved) and $4,207,633 (FY2027 recommended); Water & Sewer departments sum to $1,728,183 and $1,793,845 respectively; revenue-minus-expense nets match the document's stated nets in every column shown.
- Identity: Leesburg, Georgia (Lee County), confirmed by the Lee County Board of Education line in the source. Not Leesburg, Virginia or Leesburg, Florida.
- Currency: this is an unofficial demonstration dashboard. Figures are transcribed from the cited city document; verify against the source PDF before citing them elsewhere.