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All audited funds

See revenue, spending, and year-end balances reported in the FY2025 audit. Select a fund to explore its financial history, spending detail, and source records.

A fund is a separate pool of money set aside for particular services or purposes. This overview includes 18 city and school funds; Athens Utilities Board is reported separately.

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Governmental funds

FY2025 audited figures · Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.

These use fund-balance accounting. Borrowing and transfers are separate from revenue.

Enterprise funds

FY2025 audited figures · Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.

These use accrual accounting and include depreciation. Balances are net position, not cash.

Internal service funds

FY2025 audited figures · Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.

These charge other city funds. Do not add their revenue or expenses again to the citywide totals.

Largest recent spending changesThe five largest dollar movements in the reviewed governmental fund histories, FY2024 to FY2025.

Ranked by absolute expenditure change. These are fund-level movements, not measures of service quality or savings. Debt repayment and construction can dominate a year.

Debt Service – Schools

FY2024: $31,797,953FY2025: $6,575,189. Change: $25,222,764.

The FY2025 audit describes permanent financing used to repay temporary school-construction financing. A decline in debt-service expenditures should not be read as an equivalent decline in school services.

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Education Capital Projects

FY2024: $3,219,466FY2025: $564,298. Change: $2,655,168.

The financial schedules establish the change. A specific explanation of the full decrease remains unconfirmed.

General Obligation Bond Construction

FY2024: $3,087,295FY2025: $435,553. Change: $2,651,742.

The FY2025 audit identifies animal-shelter construction, fire-station property, and road work near the school. These describe current-year uses, not a complete explanation of the decrease.

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Federal Projects

FY2024: $3,778,295FY2025: $1,716,400. Change: $2,061,895.

The financial schedules establish the change. A specific explanation of the full decrease remains unconfirmed.

Capital Improvement

FY2024: $1,935,108FY2025: $3,347,480. Change: +$1,412,372.

The FY2025 audit identifies radios, park improvements, a property purchase, and stormwater engineering as major capital items. It does not allocate the full annual increase among them.

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Questions and records to review