Overview
Peach County's approved budget balances in the General Fund: approved revenues of $28,529,408 against approved expenditures of exactly the same $28,529,408. Across every fund in the document that carries an approved figure, approved expenditures total $46,032,673 (see the All funds table, which sums exactly).
The approved General Fund budget is $2,046,063 (about 7.7%) above the document's “current budget” column of $26,483,345. Taxes dominate the General Fund: $24,003,236 of the $28,529,408 in approved revenues, about 84%. The single largest revenue line is current-year real property tax (other) at $14,530,381, followed by the local option sales tax at $4,893,999.
The capital program is dominated by two sales-tax funds: the 2021 SPLOST at $7,500,000 (including $1,875,000 each in payments to the cities of Fort Valley and Byron) and the 2022 TSPLOST at $5,900,000 (mostly bond principal and interest). The county's enterprise operation is the Solid Waste Fund at $2,174,644, funded by refuse collection fees plus transfers from the General Fund.
Source: Peach County Board of Commissioners, Approved Budget as of September 30, 2025 (file title “APPROVED FY26 BUDGET”) — approved budget (PDF, UGA TED portal).
At a glance — approved budget (as of September 30, 2025)
Source: Peach County BOC approved budget, APPROVED column — approved budget (PDF, UGA TED portal).
General Fund — approved budget
The General Fund (fund 100) is the county's chief operating fund. Its approved revenues and approved expenditures are identical, so the budget as presented is balanced with no surplus or shortfall.
Approved revenues — $28,529,408
| Source | Approved |
|---|---|
| Taxes | $24,003,236 |
| Charges for services | $2,589,528 |
| Fines & forfeitures | $507,257 |
| Investment income | $500,000 |
| Other financing sources (residual equity transfer in) | $450,000 |
| Intergovernmental revenue | $312,855 |
| Licenses & permits | $117,550 |
| Miscellaneous revenue | $48,982 |
| Contributions & donations | $0 |
| Total approved revenues | $28,529,408 |
Taxes detail (sums to the $24,003,236 above): current-year real property tax (other) $14,530,381; local option sales/use tax $4,893,999; motor vehicle title ad valorem tax $1,374,381; prior-year real property $1,316,674; insurance premium tax $1,055,492; real estate transfer $204,273; motor vehicle (personal property, current) $175,400; penalties & interest on general property $120,000; alcoholic beverage excise $78,008; mobile home (current) $59,163; franchise tax (telephone/cable) $58,542; energy excise tax $51,213; railroad equipment $30,879; financial institution tax $29,100; TAVT administrative fee (1%) $13,744; real property timber (current year) $11,287; property not on digest $700; alternative ad valorem tax $0.
Largest charges-for-services lines: ambulance fees $1,668,500; commission on tax collection $339,000; Clerk of Superior Court $190,551; other jail operations $115,000; Sheriff $115,000.
Approved expenditures — $28,529,408
The document's General Fund expenditure detail runs to dozens of departments. The largest departments with published department totals are shown below; the remainder line is the arithmetic balance (total minus the departments shown), so the table sums exactly to the approved total.
| Department | Approved |
|---|---|
| Jail | $2,786,760 |
| Sheriff | $2,534,711 |
| Ambulance Service | $1,956,751 |
| Fire Department | $1,794,372 |
| Roadway & Walkways | $1,424,271 |
| Recreation | $757,048 |
| Superior Court | $182,231 |
| All other General Fund departments (remainder) | $17,093,264 |
| Total approved expenditures | $28,529,408 |
Public safety plus roads dominate the named departments: Jail, Sheriff, Ambulance Service and Fire Department together account for $9,072,594 of the $28,529,408 General Fund budget.
Source: Peach County BOC approved budget, 100-General Fund, APPROVED column — approved budget (PDF, UGA TED portal).
All funds — approved expenditures
Every fund in the document that carries an approved expenditure figure is listed below. The table sums exactly to $46,032,673. Funds in the document with no approved figure (blank in the APPROVED column) are listed in the note below the table, not silently dropped.
| Fund | Approved revenues | Approved expenditures |
|---|---|---|
| 100 — General Fund | $28,529,408 | $28,529,408 |
| 327 — 2021 SPLOST Fund | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 |
| 328 — 2022 TSPLOST Fund | $5,900,000 | $5,900,000 |
| 540 — Solid Waste Fund | $2,174,644 | $2,174,644 |
| 230 — American Rescue Funds | $841,284 | $841,284 |
| 215 — E911 | $526,000 | $526,000 |
| 545 — Transit | $324,306 | $324,306 |
| 212 — Federal Drug Fund | $106,030 | $106,030 |
| 214 — Jail Inmate Store Fund | $45,835 | $45,835 |
| 326 — 2015 SPLOST Fund | $34,445 | $34,445 |
| 211 — Drug Fund | $15,002 | $15,002 |
| 324 — 2004 SPLOST Fund | $13,150 | $13,150 |
| 275 — Hotel / Motel | $12,500 | $12,500 |
| 205 — Law Library | $9,469 | $9,469 |
| 213 — Juvenile Fund | $600 | $600 |
| 321 — 1994 SPLOST Fund | $0 | $0 |
| 325 — 2008 SPLOST Fund | $0 | $0 |
| Total, all funds shown | $46,032,673 | $46,032,673 |
Note: the document also prints sections for the EDA Grant (221), Air One Georgia Grant (222), Opioid Settlements (235), 1999 SPLOST (322), 2000 SPLOST (323), CDBG Gano Project (341), 2018 CDBG (343), and agency funds 715–800 (Superior Court, Probate Court, Sheriff, Tax Commissioner, Magistrate Court, Jail Inmate, General Fixed Assets). Each of those sections is blank in the APPROVED column — no approved revenue or expenditure figure is stated — so they contribute $0 to the totals above and are not estimated here. The 1994 SPLOST requested $130,626 and the 2008 SPLOST requested $466,571, but both were approved at $0, so the requested figures are not used.
Source: Peach County BOC approved budget, all funds, APPROVED column — approved budget (PDF, UGA TED portal).
SPLOST & TSPLOST — debt & capital
The two live sales-tax funds are the county's capital program. Both are budgeted to spend exactly what they take in.
2021 SPLOST (327) — $7,500,000
| Item | Approved |
|---|---|
| Special local option sales tax revenue | $7,500,000 |
| Payments to Fort Valley | $1,875,000 |
| Payments to Byron | $1,875,000 |
| Contingency | $3,531,047 |
| Capital lease — principal | $177,442 |
| Capital lease — interest | $41,511 |
| Total approved expenditures | $7,500,000 |
The three expenditure groups sum exactly: city payments $3,750,000 + contingency $3,531,047 + capital-lease debt service $218,953 = $7,500,000. All other 2021 SPLOST lines (vehicles, buildings, equipment, roads) are approved at $0 in this document.
2022 TSPLOST (328) — $5,900,000
| Item | Approved |
|---|---|
| T-SPLOST tax collections | $5,900,000 |
| Bond principal | $3,700,000 |
| Contingency | $1,827,500 |
| Bond interest | $372,500 |
| Total approved expenditures | $5,900,000 |
Bond debt service ($3,700,000 principal + $372,500 interest = $4,072,500) plus the $1,827,500 contingency sums exactly to the $5,900,000 total. No road construction line in the TSPLOST fund carries an approved amount in this document — the fund's approved spending is debt service and contingency only.
Source: Peach County BOC approved budget, funds 327 and 328, APPROVED column — approved budget (PDF, UGA TED portal).
Enterprise & special funds
Solid Waste Fund (540) — $2,174,644
The county's enterprise operation (stormwater, solid waste collection, recycling and landfill). Approved revenues equal approved expenditures at $2,174,644: refuse collection fees $1,083,444 plus General Fund transfers of $1,091,200 (an operating transfer in of $534,852 and a transfer of 40% of one mill of $556,348). By division, approved expenditures are: Solid Waste $1,083,444, Stormwater $438,535, and all other divisions (recycling, landfill) $652,665 as the arithmetic remainder — the three sum exactly to $2,174,644. The largest single cost is disposal in the Solid Waste division at $1,101,750, partly offset by a negative contingency line of −$214,131 in that division.
E911 (215) — $526,000
Approved revenues of $526,000 come entirely from wireless E911 service charges in the APPROVED column (the landline charge line is approved at $0, though it was requested at $526,000), and approved expenditures are $526,000, all in regular-employee costs as presented.
Transit (545) — $324,306
Approved revenues of $324,306 are entirely a state DOT transit grant, and approved expenditures of $324,306 are resource-management services.
American Rescue Funds (230) — $841,284
Approved revenues of $841,284 are a residual equity transfer in, and approved expenditures of $841,284 are a transfer out — the fund passes the balance through rather than spending it on programs in this budget.
Smaller special funds
| Fund | Approved |
|---|---|
| Federal Drug Fund (212) — confiscations | $106,030 |
| Jail Inmate Store Fund (214) — commissary | $45,835 |
| 2015 SPLOST Fund (326) | $34,445 |
| Drug Fund (211) | $15,002 |
| 2004 SPLOST Fund (324) — contingency | $13,150 |
| Hotel / Motel (275) — Peach Festival $7,500 + Chamber of Commerce $5,000 | $12,500 |
| Law Library (205) | $9,469 |
| Juvenile Fund (213) | $600 |
Source: Peach County BOC approved budget, funds 540, 215, 545, 230, 212, 214, 326, 211, 324, 275, 205 and 213, APPROVED column — approved budget (PDF, UGA TED portal).
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Peach County Board of Commissioners, Approved Budget as of September 30, 2025 (file title “APPROVED FY26 BUDGET”; TED portal file county-peach-fy2025-budget-report.pdf). Read the approved budget (PDF, UGA TED portal).
- Column used: the APPROVED BUDGET column only. Requested-budget figures, current-budget figures, and prior-year actuals are never presented as approved figures; the one comparison to the current-budget column ($26,483,345) is labeled as such.
- Fiscal-year label: ambiguous in the document itself — file title says FY26, header says “as of September 30th, 2025,” column group headers say both 2024 and 2025. This page uses “approved budget (as of September 30, 2025)” throughout and does not assign a fiscal year.
- Sum checks: every breakdown table on this page was added up before publishing; each shown total equals the sum of its shown parts. Remainder lines (General Fund “all other departments” and Solid Waste “all other divisions”) are arithmetic balances, labeled as such, not document line items.
- What is missing: this page has no audited actuals, no fund balances, no debt schedule beyond the SPLOST/TSPLOST lease and bond lines shown, and no population, staffing, or service-level figures — the approved-budget document does not supply them in a form used here, and none were invented. Funds printed with blank APPROVED columns are disclosed, not estimated.
- Identity: this is the Peach County government dashboard (seat Fort Valley). The City of Fort Valley is a separate government; its own figures are not included here, though the county budget includes $1,875,000 in 2021 SPLOST payments to the city.
- County palette: no high- or medium-confidence Peach County palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Peach State Pulse dark-glass theme rather than a county color.