Fayette County is governed by a Board of Commissioners — five elected members who appoint a County Administrator. The county seat is Fayetteville, about 15 miles south of Atlanta. This page presents the county's FY2027 adopted budget, its FY2026 adopted appropriations, and its FY2025 audited results, each figure labeled with its fiscal year and status.
Operating + capital, all funds. From the same summary page: total revenue and other sources $159,435,225; net impact to fund balance +$4,665,514.
Operating uses across all funds; capital uses of $10,613,873 bring the total budget to $154,769,711.
Total General Fund revenue and other financing sources in the adopted budget.
Total expenditures $163,190,113; ending governmental fund balances $227,147,873 (both FY2025, audited actuals).
Governmental activities $331,829,863 + business-type activities $106,236,674.
An estimate as of April 1, 2025 — not a Census count.
Full-time equivalent positions funded in the adopted budget.
Maintenance & operations millage — unchanged from the prior year.
Context figure: the prior year's adopted total appropriations. Build shown below.
Adopted operating budget by fund — expenditures plus transfers out (total uses). Special Revenue funds are listed individually, then subtotaled with the General Fund into Governmental Funds; the Water System and Solid Waste enterprise funds complete the total.
Full-budget note: operating uses of $144,155,838 + capital uses of $10,613,873 = total budget of $154,769,711 (FY2027, Adopted).
Source: FY2027 Budget Summary (FY2027, Adopted) — see Sources.
Adopted General Fund revenue and other financing sources by category. Taxes supply the large majority of the total. Categories sum exactly to the General Fund total of $84,841,510.
Other Financing Sources of $296,015 = transfers in of $281,015 + sale of general fixed assets of $15,000.
Source: FY2027 Budget Summary (FY2027, Adopted) — see Sources.
Adopted General Fund expenditures and other uses by department. This is the department-detail total of $85,903,110.90. It includes the $1,531,434 General Fund transfer to Capital/CIP funds, so it is not the operating-summary total of $84,371,677 shown in the budget-by-fund section above — the two totals are on different bases and are never mixed on this page. See Notes & disclosures.
| Department | Amount |
|---|---|
| General Government | |
| Non-Departmental — Gen Govt | $776,097.00 |
| Commissioners | $826,510.00 |
| Administration | $1,215,814.00 |
| Elections | $912,168.24 |
| Finance | $1,718,141.00 |
| Purchasing | $404,335.00 |
| Law Department | $289,100.00 |
| Information Systems | $1,673,365.00 |
| Human Resources | $948,049.00 |
| Tax Commissioner | $1,397,888.00 |
| Tax Assessor | $1,916,720.00 |
| Buildings & Grounds Maint | $2,826,756.00 |
| Engineering Office | $229,400.00 |
| Contingency | $853,336.00 |
| Judicial | |
| Non-Departmental — Judicial | $408,878.00 |
| Superior Court Judges | $645,494.00 |
| GJC Superior Court Judges | $15,455.00 |
| Clerk of Superior Court | $2,457,813.40 |
| Board Equalization — Clerk Courts | $17,773.00 |
| District Attorney | $651,103.00 |
| Clerk of State Court | $460,804.40 |
| State Court Solicitor | $1,166,796.00 |
| State Court Judge | $740,255.00 |
| Magistrate Court | $607,158.00 |
| Probate Court | $787,769.00 |
| Juvenile Court | $512,601.00 |
| GJC Juvenile Court | $2,268.00 |
| Public Defender | $1,221,295.00 |
| Public Safety | |
| Non-Departmental — Public Safety | $2,040,293.00 |
| Sheriff — Support Services | $5,043,536.00 |
| Sheriff — Criminal Investigation | $4,056,147.00 |
| Sheriff — Field Operations | $6,517,881.00 |
| Sheriff — Jail Operations | $12,020,575.00 |
| Sheriff — Special Operations | $3,613,093.00 |
| County Coroner | $181,030.09 |
| Animal Control | $1,237,947.00 |
| Emergency Management | $453,184.25 |
| Public Works | |
| Non-Departmental — Public Works | $225,518.00 |
| Public Works Administration | $260,136.00 |
| Road Department | $9,576,225.00 |
| Environmental Management | $1,021,890.27 |
| Fleet Maintenance | $969,783.00 |
| Health & Welfare | |
| Non-Departmental — Health & Welfare | $19,556.00 |
| Public Health | $49,653.00 |
| WIC Program | $8,300.00 |
| Fayette Counseling Center | $152,446.00 |
| Dept of Family & Children | $39,325.00 |
| Fayette Community Options | $67,270.00 |
| Senior Citizens Center | $508,803.00 |
| Culture & Recreation | |
| Non-Dept Culture & Recreation | $40,815.00 |
| Recreation | $2,475,397.00 |
| Libraries | $1,457,703.90 |
| Housing & Development | |
| Non-Dept Housing & Development | $40,755.00 |
| County Extension | $190,672.00 |
| GA Forestry Commission | $3,722.00 |
| Building Safety | $993,471.00 |
| Planning and Zoning | $793,447.00 |
| Code Enforcement | $303,275.35 |
| Development Authority | — |
| Debt & Transfers | |
| Criminal Justice Center Debt | $3,261,685.00 |
| Transfer to Other Funds | $2,596,434.00 |
| Total — department-detail basis | $85,903,110.90 |
Development Authority is printed as a dash in the source ($0). The Transfer to Other Funds line includes the $1,531,434 transfer to Capital/CIP funds that separates this detail total from the operating-summary total.
Source: FY2027 Budget Summary (FY2027, Adopted) — see Sources.
How the prior year's adopted total appropriations of $151,024,449 are composed — expenditures plus each class of transfer. Rows sum exactly to the total.
Source: FY2026 Operating and Capital Budget book (FY2026, Adopted) — see Sources.
Audited actuals for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, from the county's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR). Each table sums exactly to its stated total.
| General | $79,745,704 |
| Fire Services | $19,953,104 |
| 2017 SPLOST | $3,757,351 |
| 2023 SPLOST | $43,552,563 |
| County-Wide Roads SPLOST | $1,543,719 |
| General Capital Projects | $0 |
| Nonmajor Governmental Funds | $20,152,743 |
| Total revenues | $168,705,184 |
| Taxes | $133,119,477 |
| Licenses and permits | $1,054,877 |
| Intergovernmental | $9,986,674 |
| Charges for services | $11,712,113 |
| Fines and forfeitures | $2,166,422 |
| Investment earnings | $9,594,778 |
| Contributions and donations | $757,986 |
| Miscellaneous | $312,857 |
| Total revenues | $168,705,184 |
| General government | $13,167,186 |
| Judicial | $10,092,287 |
| Public safety | $59,927,879 |
| Public works | $15,801,933 |
| Health and welfare | $1,055,496 |
| Culture and recreation | $2,983,340 |
| Housing and development | $1,900,061 |
| Debt service — Principal | $3,534,799 |
| Debt service — Interest | $1,935,793 |
| Capital outlay | $30,292,786 |
| Intergovernmental | $22,498,553 |
| Total expenditures | $163,190,113 |
| General | $31,381,226 |
| Fire Services | $16,748,300 |
| 2017 SPLOST | $55,139,140 |
| 2023 SPLOST | $65,664,811 |
| County-Wide Roads SPLOST | $31,747,289 |
| General Capital Projects | $0 |
| Nonmajor | $26,467,107 |
| Total ending fund balances | $227,147,873 |
Source: FY2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (FY2025, Audited) — see Sources.
Source: FY2027 Budget — July 01, 2026 to June 30, 2027 — Adopted: June 25, 2026 (FY2027, Adopted) — https://www.fayettecountyga.gov/FY 2027 Budget Adopted - Summary.pdf?t=202607271047420
Source: Fayette County, Georgia — Operating and Capital Budget — Fiscal Year: July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 (FY2026, Adopted) — https://www.fayettecountyga.gov/Documents/Departments/Finance/FY 2026 Budget Document.pdf?t=202604141155510
Source: Fayette County, Georgia — Annual Comprehensive Financial Report — For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025 (FY2025, Audited) — https://www.fayettecountyga.gov/Documents/Departments/Finance/Fayette County Georgia - 2025 ACFR.pdf?t=202604141148590