Christian Roach, Walker County chief financial officer, reported on SPLOST collections and projections for the 2020 SPLOST cycle. He said the county has collected about $26.9 million to date and projects $33.2 million by cycle end, and commissioners discussed the local revenue implications.

The Walker County Board of Commissioners adopted its FY2027 general fund and enterprise budgets, which include funding for three additional firefighters, a 3% cost-of-living increase for employees and no other new positions; the chair cited more than $24 million in unassigned fund balance and roughly seven months of reserves.

CFO proposed not taking the full millage rollback as one way to generate revenue; commissioners discussed carving a separate fire millage or keeping millage at previous years' levels to produce between $1.4 million and $1.9 million in additional revenue.