Expenditures
General Government	32,466,450
Public Safety	27,853,907
Highways and Roads	13,835,469
Sanitation	17,437,756
Health	2,033,415
Welfare	376,243
Culture and Recreation	2,332,217
Education	61,526
Intergovernmental	12,353
Debt Service	3,473,472
Capital Outlay	2,020,851
Other Uses	130,278
Total Expenditures	$102,916,942

Indebtedness of Madison County as of 9/30/09

The Madison County Commission acts as the collection agent of millions of dollars annually of special, earmarked revenues. The Commission distributes these funds according to Alabama law to specific entities that include public boards of education, towns and municipalities, Madison County and the state legislative delegation.

Madison County School

1/2¢ County-wide Sales Tax
Distributed FY 08-09

City of Huntsville Board of Education	$10,393,304.10
Madison County Board of Education	$8,435,954.35
Madison City Board of Education	$3,503,572.28
Total	$22,332,830.73

1¢ Additional County Sales Tax (Outside Huntsville City Limits)
Distributed FY 08-09

Madison County Board of Education	$7,106,502.22
Madison City Board of Education	$2,951,431.15
Total	$10,057,933.37

Click here for previous years of sales tax collection for education.

Click here for history of allocation to all three public school systems.

Click here for five year history of property tax collected and disbursed for public K-12 education.

TVA Distribution in lieu of Taxes Collected and Distributed FY 08-09

City of Huntsville	$3,602,116
City of Gurley	2,401
City of Madison	78,877
City of New Hope	6,834
City of Owens Cross Roads	3,048
City of Triana	1,201
Madison County General Fund	1,662,515
Legislative Delegation	1,569,311
Huntsville City Board of Education	6,103,675
Madison County Board of Education	4,954,182
Madison City Board of Education	2,057,542
Total	$20,041,705

Click here for TVA in lieu of Taxes FUNDS Distributed to Public Schools

Madison County Beer Tax Collected and Distributed FY 08-09