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City of Decatur PulseFY2025

Unofficial demonstration dashboard

The City of Decatur’s FY2025 finances as audited — the General Fund’s adopted budget against what was actually spent, year-end fund balances, and debt, all from the city’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the year ended June 30, 2025. Decatur publishes its budget inside commission materials rather than as a standalone budget book, so every figure here comes from the audited ACFR.

FY2025 at a glance

General Fund adopted budget

$43,121,180

FY2025 original budget, as reported in the ACFR’s budget-and-actual statement

General Fund actual expenditures

$38,537,727

FY2025 audited actual · $4,628,433 under the final budget of $43,166,160

General Fund fund balance

$17,268,066

At June 30, 2025 · audited · unassigned portion $15,500,364

Total governmental fund balances

$54,602,645

At June 30, 2025 · audited

Total debt outstanding

$167,614,000

At June 30, 2025 · audited · mostly general obligation bonds, including bonds issued for City Schools of Decatur projects

Population

24,470

FY2025, from the ACFR’s demographic schedule

Source: City of Decatur, Georgia Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, hosted on the University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institute’s financial documents portal; the city also links its financial reports from its Finance Office page.

Where the money went — General Fund actual expenditures by function, FY2025 (audited)

General government $14,804,995
Public safety $11,643,452

Police $5,304,560 and Fire $4,699,687, plus public safety management.

Public works $5,826,032
Recreation $5,693,071
Debt service $470,177
Intergovernmental $100,000
General Fund actual expenditures · FY2025 $38,537,727

The final amended budget was $43,166,160; actual spending came in $4,628,433 under it, and the General Fund balance grew to $17,268,066. Source: City of Decatur, Georgia Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 — General Fund Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances – Budget and Actual, FY2025.

General Fund revenues by source, FY2025 actual (audited)

Taxes $33,083,696

Property taxes are the city’s dominant revenue source.

Charges for services $4,735,899
Licenses and permits $1,584,146
Fines and forfeitures $644,597
Intergovernmental $528,240
Interest income $340,857
Other revenues and contributions $30,198
General Fund total revenues · FY2025 actual $40,947,633

Source: City of Decatur, Georgia Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 — General Fund budget-and-actual statement, FY2025.

Debt outstanding — June 30, 2025

General obligation bonds $95,976,000
Revenue bonds $58,645,000
Notes payable $10,307,000
Certificates of participation $1,515,000
Subscription liability (SBITA) $735,000
Financed purchases $436,000
Total debt outstanding $167,614,000

Source: City of Decatur, Georgia Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 — Ratios of Outstanding Debt by Type and Direct and Overlapping Governmental Activities Debt schedules (amounts stated in thousands in the ACFR). A large share of the general obligation bonds was issued for City Schools of Decatur construction projects — the ACFR notes the city’s negative total net position (a deficit of $4,902,748 at June 30, 2025) is driven mainly by school bonds whose proceeds were transferred to the school district, together with pension and OPEB accounting.

About these figures

Decatur’s fiscal year 2025 ran July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025. All figures are audited actuals from the city’s FY2025 ACFR (independent auditor: Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC, unmodified opinion).

The adopted-budget figure is the original FY2025 General Fund budget as reported in the ACFR’s budget-and-actual statement; Decatur does not publish a standalone adopted budget book (its budgets are adopted through City Commission materials), so this dashboard is built entirely from the ACFR.

The General Fund’s unassigned fund balance of $15,500,364 equals 40.2% of General Fund expenditures, per the ACFR.

This is an unofficial demonstration dashboard from Peach State Pulse, not published by or affiliated with the City of Decatur.

Source document: City of Decatur, Georgia Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 (PDF, hosted on the University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institute’s financial documents portal).