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Historic Courthouse at night
Essential Departmental Functions:

The Governing Body budget consists of expenditures of the Henderson County Board of Commissioners during the fiscal year. The Board of Commissioners provide policy directives and adopt legislative actions through the adoption of county ordinances.

The Henderson County Budget Office is a division of the Office of the County Manager.

Essential Departmental Functions: The Budget Office analyzes budget requests from County departments and presents a proposed budget annually to the County Manager for submission to the Board of Commissioners.

2045 Comp Plan
Clarification on Legal Implications of Plans View the Planning Board's RECOMMENDED 2045 Comprehensive Plan HERE!    2045 Comprehensive Plan Updates, December 2023 

Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, and Transylvania Counties and the municipal governments within these counties are working together to update the South Mountains Hazard Mitigation Plan.

Henderson County recently purchased the Etowah Sewer System.