• By Todd Luck
• Posted Thursday, April 23, 2026

County Manager to Present Recommended Budget on May 7

County Manager Shontell Robinson will formally present the staff recommendation for the FY 2026-2027 Forsyth County Annual Budget on Thursday, May 7, following the Commissioners Meeting, which will start at 2 p.m.

The meeting will be held at the Forsyth County Government Center, 201 N. Chestnut St. Commissioner Meetings are televised live and live streamed on WSTV and are live streamed on the County Commissioners’ Meetings webpage along with the county’s Facebook and YouTube accounts. The recommended budget will be available for review in the County Commissioners’ Office at the Government Center, on the Budget Department webpage after the presentation, and copies will also be distributed to county libraries.

The budget process will continue with these Commissioner Meetings:

• A Detailed Budget Review will start at 9 a.m. on May 14. This will include a presentation from Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools for their county budget request.
• A Public Hearing on the budget, where residents can give their comments, will be held at 6 p.m. on May 18 at the Government Center. Those wishing to give comments remotely
should call 336-422-1200 at 5:45 p.m. on the day of the meeting. They will be placed on hold and recognized to speak in the order their calls were received.
• A Budget Workshop on May 21 starting at 9 a.m.
• If needed, a Budget Workshop will be held on May 28 starting at 9 a.m.
• Special Meeting to possibly adopt the budget on June 4 at 6 p.m.

If the budget isn’t adopted by the commissioners on June 4, the commissioners will consider it at a later meeting in June, but prior to June 30, as required by state statutes.