FY 2026 27 ANNUAL BUDGET website

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Account 
Number Expenditure Description
FY 2023-24 
Actual
FY 2024-25 
Actual
FY 2025-26 
Budgeted/ 
Amended
FY 2026-27 
Manager 
Proposed
FY 2026-27 
Council 
Approved
01-0106-5870 Athens City Board of Education 2,491,000  2,421,000  2,421,000  2,421,000  
01-0107-5250 AUB Street Lighting 511,798     526,403     530,000     540,000     
01-1004-5626 McMinn County Emergency Communications 327,748     366,716     378,000     393,000     
3,330,546  3,314,119  3,329,000  3,354,000  -               
EXPENDITURES
Total Other Agencies
FY 2026-27 BUDGET PRIORITIES
OTHER AGENCIES
This not-for-profit entity provides electricity, water, wastewater, and natural gas for residential, commercial, and
industrial customers in the Athens area. This entity also bills for and collects the city’s monthly residential sanitation
fees. This entity operates under a five-member Board of Directors appointed by the Athens City Council for four-year
terms. One of the members is a city council member who serves a two-year term. The city pays AUB for city-wide
streetlights.
The city partly funds three entities that are component units of the city government. Those component units are:
This public entity, under the guidance of a six-member elected Board, provides public education for 1,650 students in
grades Pre-K-8 and consists of a primary school (Pre-K to grade 2), intermediate school (grades 3-5), and a middle
school (grades 6-8). McMinn County operates the high school. The city is responsible for funding a portion of the
schools' operating costs and issuing and repaying all debt for the city school system.
This agency, under the direction of an independent Board of Directors, provides emergency and non-emergency
communications that serves the citizens of the city, county, and surrounding areas. In particular, this agency provides
emergency and non-emergency dispatching for the city police and fire departments under a contractual arrangement.
Athens City Board of Education
Athens Utilities Board
McMinn County Emergency Communications District
OTHER AGENCY PROFILES
• McMinn County Emergency Communications District's allocation increased based on the contract.
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