The Habersham County Commission will hold its annual budget review meetings with department heads and constitutional officers this week. The meetings will begin Tuesday, Mar. 25 and will continue through Thursday, Mar. 27.
Department heads and constitutional officers have been working on their budgets for next year for at least two months. The county’s Finance Department distributed budget packets in February to begin the budget process.
Below is the daily schedule for the fiscal year 2026 budget review meetings for elected officials, judicial officers, constitutional officers and department heads. Each session is scheduled for approximately 15 to 20 minutes.
Tuesday March 25, 2025
9:30 AM District Attorney 9:45 AM State Court
10:00 AM Public Defender 10:15 AM Tax Assessors
10:30 AM Rape Response 10:40 AM Sheriff, Heat, SRO
10:55 AM Sheriff, Jail 11:10 AM Magistrate Court
11:20 AM Tax Commissioner 11:30 AM Solicitor
Lunch 11:45 – 1:00 PM
1:00 PM Emergency Services 1:15 PM Fire Department
1:30 PM Facilities Mgmt./Transit 1:50 PM Parks & Recreation
2:10 PM Senior Center 2:20 PM Landfill
2:30 PM Airport 2:50 PM Coroner
3:10 PM Information Technology
Wednesday March 26, 2025
9:30 AM Superior Court & Law Library 9:45 AM Probate Court
10:00 AM Clerk of Court 10:20 AM Elections & Registration
10:40 AM Planning & Development 11:00 AM Extension Services
11:15 AM Juvenile Court 11:30 AM Accountability Courts – Drug Court
11:45 AM Mental Health & Family Dependency
Lunch 12:00 – 1:00PM
1:00 PM Animal Control 1:20 PM Emergency Mgmt. & E911
1:40 PM Fleet Services 2:00 PM Road Department
2:20 PM County Commissioners/Clerk 2:30 PM Public Information
2:55 PM County Manager 3:10 PM Human Resources
3:20 PM Finance & Countywide
Thursday March 27, 2025
9:30 AM Soque River Watershed 9:45 AM Health Department
10:00 AM DFACs 10:15 AM Development Authority
10:30 AM AVITA 10:45 AM Habersham Libraries
11:00 AM Legacy Link 11:15 AM Partnership Habersham
11:30 AM Boys and Girls Club
Department heads have been instructed to be prepared to discuss their operating and capital budgets. They have also been instructed to provide any additional position requests, if needed, a department narrative, and contracted services.
After the budget review meetings, staff and commissioners will begin the tedious work of making adjustments to create the final budget that is due by June 30.
All budget review meetings will be held in the Commission Conference Room on the main floor of the Administration Building at 130 Jacob’s Way. The meetings will also be livestreamed on the county’s website at www.habershamga.com.
