Compare Fiscal Years

Side-by-side spending and revenue comparison

FY25-26

$212.8M

FY26-27

$222.4M

FY25-26FY26-27

$9.6M

% Change

+4.5%

Spending by Department

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Department Comparison

DepartmentFY25-26FY26-27$ Change% Change
Chatham County Schools$69,017,407$71,157,159$2,139,752+3.1%
General Services (Non-Departmental)$26,622,703$28,008,924$1,386,221+5.2%
Sheriff's Office$17,422,665$18,774,571$1,351,906+7.8%
Social Services$13,083,227$13,472,227$389,000+3.0%
Detention Center$7,175,004$7,425,840$250,836+3.5%
Emergency Medical Service$5,850,792$7,077,351$1,226,559+21.0%
Emergency Communications (911)$6,103,893$5,894,371-$209,522-3.4%
Public Health$5,500,000$5,797,796$297,796+5.4%
Facilities Management$4,723,324$4,788,024$64,700+1.4%
Economic Development$4,379,395$4,485,586$106,191+2.4%
Central Carolina Community College$3,911,109$4,045,348$134,239+3.4%
Council on Aging$3,200,000$3,489,932$289,932+9.1%
Information Technology$3,212,601$3,425,637$213,036+6.6%
Parks & Recreation$2,743,587$3,317,989$574,402+20.9%
Emergency Management$2,865,260$3,296,636$431,376+15.1%
Animal Services$2,802,509$2,946,111$143,602+5.1%
Building Inspections$2,646,288$2,660,638$14,350+0.5%
Library Services$2,459,396$2,557,657$98,261+4.0%
Court & Diversion Programs$2,149,938$2,232,424$82,486+3.8%
Finance$1,926,228$2,078,307$152,079+7.9%
County Manager$1,910,817$2,050,274$139,457+7.3%
Planning$1,676,812$1,880,883$204,071+12.2%
Tax Administration$1,798,353$1,843,200$44,847+2.5%
DSS Public Assistance$1,500,000$1,672,855$172,855+11.5%
Tax Assessment & Revaluation$1,350,438$1,453,338$102,900+7.6%
Agriculture & Conference Center$1,393,811$1,389,030-$4,781-0.3%
Elections$1,341,681$1,280,097-$61,584-4.6%
Court Facilities$1,239,894$1,260,139$20,245+1.6%
Sedimentation & Erosion Control$1,207,482$1,241,931$34,449+2.9%
Human Resources$1,114,922$1,023,624-$91,298-8.2%
Nonprofit Allocations$900,000$951,527$51,527+5.7%
Register of Deeds$869,307$886,980$17,673+2.0%
Central Permitting$809,683$858,038$48,355+6.0%
Geographic Information Systems$691,054$708,804$17,750+2.6%
Governing Board$586,909$642,060$55,151+9.4%
Cooperative Extension$599,616$611,594$11,978+2.0%
Fire Inspections$517,046$516,038-$1,008-0.2%
Soil & Water Conservation$460,667$482,014$21,347+4.6%
Mental Health (Vaya)$430,000$453,404$23,404+5.4%
Chatham Transit$350,000$369,339$19,339+5.5%
County Attorney$336,306$342,939$6,633+2.0%
Housing & Community Development$300,000$322,653$22,653+7.6%
Convention & Visitors Bureau$266,071$285,000$18,929+7.1%
Chatham Trades$270,000$281,685$11,685+4.3%
Fleet Management$239,526$264,869$25,343+10.6%
Sustainability$66,666$60,659-$6,007-9.0%

Revenue by Source

SourceFY25-26FY26-27$ Change% Change
Property Tax$135,893,720$140,246,514$4,352,794+3.2%
Sales Tax$30,455,000$31,838,000$1,383,000+4.5%
Transfers In$18,619,239$18,399,698-$219,541-1.2%
Intergovernmental$13,552,038$13,945,607$393,569+2.9%
Fund Balance$4,892,893$7,474,362$2,581,469+52.8%
Permits & Fees$3,606,186$3,751,255$145,069+4.0%
Charges for Services$2,861,147$3,201,572$340,425+11.9%
Other Taxes$1,291,071$1,510,000$218,929+17.0%
Interest$861,466$1,188,563$327,097+38.0%
Other Revenue$770,180$832,392$62,212+8.1%