FY2026 adopted · FY2025 audited — at a glance
Total operating budget
$394,618,281
FY2026 ADOPTED · all operating funds
General Fund budget
$221,670,697
FY2026 ADOPTED · 56.2% of the total operating budget
General Fund fund balance
$106,896,962
At June 30, 2025 · FY2025 AUDITED · of which $57,831,106 unassigned
Total governmental fund balances
$426,661,287
All governmental funds, at June 30, 2025 · FY2025 AUDITED
Total debt outstanding
$292,646,967
Bonds and notes at June 30, 2025 · FY2025 AUDITED — breakdown in the debt section below
Population
204,093
As reported in the FY2025 ACFR’s demographic schedule, year ended 2025 · FY2025 AUDITED
Sources: Fiscal Year 2026 Adopted Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program Book — Financial Summary / The Big Picture (p. 83) and FY26 Summary of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance (pp. 103–104); and Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 — Financial Highlights (p. 5), Balance Sheet, Governmental Funds (pp. 22–23), and Demographic and Economic Statistics, Last Ten Years (p. 249).
Where the money goes — FY2026 adopted, by fund
Grouped rows combine funds as the budget book groups them: Paving $20,501,010 + Stormwater $7,091,505 + Integrated Waste $18,637,447; E-911 $4,325,167 + Community Care $12,731,967 + Economic Development $3,114,885; Trade Center $4,721,154 + Civic Center $6,521,513; Bull Creek Golf $2,410,041 + Oxbow Creek Golf $721,000. Shares are computed from the document’s own FY2026 figures, and the rows sum to the stated $394,618,281 total. Source: Fiscal Year 2026 Adopted Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program Book.
Debt outstanding — June 30, 2025
The items above sum to the stated total. The ACFR’s government-wide statements separately report total long-term liabilities of $483,737,449 at June 30, 2025 (governmental $458,853,669 + business-type $24,883,780) — a broader figure that includes pension, OPEB and other obligations, and is not included in the debt total above. Source: Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 — MD&A Outstanding Debt table and Net Position summary.
About these figures
The FY2026 ADOPTED figures come from the Fiscal Year 2026 Adopted Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program Book: a total operating budget of $394,618,281, of which the General Fund is $221,670,697. The consolidated government’s fiscal year runs July 1 through June 30, so FY2026 is July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026.
The FY2025 AUDITED figures come from the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025: a General Fund balance of $106,896,962, total governmental fund balances of $426,661,287, and bonds and notes outstanding of $292,646,967, all at June 30, 2025. The population of 204,093 is the ACFR statistical section’s figure for the year ended 2025. Adopted FY2026 and audited FY2025 figures are different fiscal years and are never combined into one total.
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Source documents: Fiscal Year 2026 Adopted Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program Book (PDF, columbusga.gov) and Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 (PDF, columbusga.gov).