Bryan County Commissioners on Tuesday did more than adopt a resolution opposing public spending on a proposed airport.

Commissioners were also honored by the Department of Community Affairs and with a designation that could save taxpayers money and adopted a 2026 budget of more than $173 million in spending against a projected $178 million in revenues.

Before the vote on the budget, Bryan County Administrator Ben Taylor noted the county has rolled the millage rate back in each of the last 10 years, and Commission Chairman Carter Infinger praised work by county staffers on the budget, which is down considerably from the 2025 budget of more than $250 million in revenue and $238 million in expenditures.

Most of the 2026 budget -- more than $120 million in spending and $125 million in revenue -- involves what the county calls special funds and in 2026 will include some $30 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Act for infrastructure related to the Hyundai plant in Black Creek.

TSPLOST, SPLOST, the county’s water and sewer fund and the county’s transportation impact fee are also included in the special funds category.

In 2025, the county budgeted more than $196 million in revenue in its special funds category, and expenditures of some $185 million, and much of that was also tied to infrastructure in North Bryan.

The 2026 budget takes effect Jan. 1. It includes more than $42.9 million for county wide services and $10 million for services in the unincorporated portion of Bryan County, and another $500,000 is included in the county’s minor funds category.

More on the county’s 2026 budget and its designation as a Plan First Community to come.