The Jackson County Board of County Commissioners on an unanimous voice vote adopted a final millage rate of 7.945 for fiscal year 2025–26 and approved a county budget of $126,617,193 by resolution following a public hearing and discussion.

During the hearing, resident Karen Shone of Greenwood requested a one‑page summary showing totals across fiscal years and consolidated line items such as insurance, utilities and salaries so members of the public can more easily compare proposed and prior years. County staff responded that department summaries are included and that the county can provide a consolidated report on request, but posting the full detail online would be large and may exceed current web capacity.

County staff explained how fund carryover works: unspent funds at year end are held as fund balance and may be used in the following year depending on the fund (for example, general fund carryover can be used across departments; special revenue funds are restricted to their purpose). Staff said the adopted budget includes an assumed $2,000,000 in carryover and referenced roughly $1,213,000 in carryover in one example. Staff also noted that the proposed budget includes grant dollars from multiple sources and that not all budgeted dollars are locally generated.

The board moved from public comment to take final action. The motion to adopt the final millage rate passed by unanimous consent; the motion to adopt the budget in the amount of $126,617,193 also passed by unanimous consent.

The public hearing record shows requests from citizens for clearer summary information and a staff offer to produce consolidated reports on utilities, insurance and similar cross‑fund totals on request. No statute or ordinance was cited during the hearing; county staff described the rollback comparison used to compute the required millage disclosure.