<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=112kbI_1CigBLNA00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=112kbI_1CigBLNA00" width="1500" height="1125" ><figcaption>Madison County Commissioner Carl Alexander, who’s the chair of the budget committee, read through 67 budget amendments during the meeting on Thursday, June 25, 2026.</figcaption></figure>The Madison County Commission met 10 days later than usual on Thursday, June 25, to give the County’s finance department plenty of time to do all the work it needs to do ahead of the approval of the budget and the closing of the fiscal year on June 30.And when it came time to approve the budget, there was little conversation about it.Chairman Mike Taylor and budget chair Carl Alexander went over some of the highlights - a 2.7 percent raise for all employees, which will offset the cost of a 15 percent raise in their insurance premiums, Air Evac services for all employees and putting money toward renovations at both North Side and South Side high schools.The entire budget including the budget for Jackson-Madison County Schools, is a little less than $317.5 million, which Commissioner Gary Deaton, who’s a member of the budget committee, said is actually less than last year’s budget.In addition to the budget approval, the main other items on the agenda were the approval of purchasing two pieces of property.One is in Downtown Jackson - 3,375 square feet of land in front of the Criminal Justice Complex.According to Mayor A.J. Massey, the original asking price for the land was $140,000, but negotiations reduced that price to $25,000.“I appreciate Mayor Massey’s work on this because if we want to do anything substantial in front of the CJC, not having that piece of property is a struggle for us,” said Commissioner Jeff Wall, who works for the Madison County Sheriff’s Department.The other piece of property was about 15 acres on Old Denmark Road adjacent to the highway department and the sheriff’s department’s penal farm.Highway Superintendent Bart Walls explained to the Commission that buying this property, which is on the back side of the highway property, would give them room to put storage and have more room for other storage they need and give them the ability to better utilize the front of the property, which would also give the penal farm options for expansions if and when that is needed.The price of the property is $150,000, which is negotiated down from the original asking price of $300,000.The Commission approved that unanimously.One other piece of business was filling the seat on the Education Foundation board vacated by former Commissioner Trey Cleek.Former Jackson Mayor candidate Ray Condray was the only one to submit an application for that position and was unanimously approved by the Commission.Brandon Shields, jksnpost@gmail.com</div></body>

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The Madison County Commission met 10 days later than usual on Thursday, June 25, to give the County’s finance department plenty of time to do all the work it needs to do ahead of the approval of the budget and the closing of the fiscal year on June 30.

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The Madison County Commission met 10 days later than usual on Thursday, June 25, to give the County’s finance department plenty of time to do all the work 

County approves budget, property purchases

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