ATLANTA (December 1, 2020) | The leadership of the state Senate, including Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller (R – Gainesville), Majority Leader Mike Dugan (R – Carrollton), Majority Whip Steve Gooch (R – Dahlonega), Majority Caucus Chairman John F. Kennedy (R – Macon), Majority Caucus Vice Chairman Larry Walker (R – Perry) and Majority Caucus Secretary […]
Read More »City Council set to adopt 2021 budget Tuesday
CUMMING, Ga. — The Cumming City Council will hold a work session Tuesday in the third floor Council Chambers at City Hall, 100 Main Street starting at 6 p.m. Council will consider adoption of the 2021 budget and budget resolution. There will be a presentation of awards for the Cumming Police Department and the Christmas […]
Read More »Hazardous Weather Outlook in effect
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — The National Weather Service at Peachtree City issued the following Hazardous Weather Outlook for portions of North and Central Georgia Monday Nov. 30, including: Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa-Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta-Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel-Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene-Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson-Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon-Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray-Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach-Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton-Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs-Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren-Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes-Wilkinson. Winds are increasing across north and central Georgia and breezy conditions will continue through the early afternoon hours. West to northwest winds between 15 and […]
Read More »BOC nominates three for Development Authority
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – Three items on the Board of Commissioners work session produced lengthy discussions but none more than the upcoming appointments/reappointments to the Development Authority. Chairwoman Laura Semanson expressed some frustration with the Authority because many meetings had been canceled due to a lack of business. “To me that says maybe we should […]
Read More »Board of Commissioners to seek refund of incentives on ill-fated Taubman development
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – After 14 years, the Board of Commissioners pulled the plug on the ill-fated Taubman project Tuesday and authorized County Attorney Ken Jarrard to demand the return of $2.5 million in incentives the county paid to the developer. “In total we have paid to Taubman $2,455,980,” Jarrard told commissioners during the Thursday […]
Read More »City of Cumming Cemetery gets a facelift
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The City of Cumming Cemetery is getting a badly needed facelift thanks to Sgt. Christy Vickers and members of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Jail Bureau RSAT (Residential Substance Abuse Treatment) program. Vickers, who heads up the programs, said, “The RSAT participants are honored to be a part of this project […]
Read More »Forsyth County Roads and Bridges employees are often the first first-responders
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – The Forsyth County Engineering Departments Roads and Bridges Division workers are rarely considered first responders. But when a weather-related disaster like Hurricane Zeta strikes, they are called on to clear roads of fallen trees and debris so police, fire and emergency vehicles can to do their job. They are not the […]
Read More »Contract awards, renewals on Tuesday BOC agenda
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – Director of Procurement Donna Kukarola will be a prominent figure during the Board of Commissioners 2 p.m. work session Tuesday when contract awards, renewals, and agreements make up a large portion of the agenda. Staff has requested the $384,807.80 bid by Dickerson Group for emergency replacement of a culvert at Two […]
Read More »BOC approves $153.8 million FY 2020-21 budget
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – The Board of Commissioners adopted the FY 2020-21 budget Thursday which included a 2 percent cost of living allowance for county employees and a 1 percent hike in the salary range The General Fund budget is $151,830,782. The biggest expenditure anticipated is, $53,955,674 for public safety which includes ambulance, coroner and […]
Read More »Levent blames zoning attorney for postponements in Ronald Reagan Corners LLC development
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. –District 3 Commissioner Todd Levent pushed back Friday regarding attorney Ethan Underwood’s assertion that the Board of Commissioners is “trying to force his client to agree to architectural standards not in the (Uniform Development) code.” During the Public Comment portion of the commission meeting Thursday, Underwood expressed frustration over the second postponement […]
Read More »Virtual open house on Hightower Landfill Dec. 2
PRESS RELEASE Forsyth County, Ga. – Forsyth County Recycling & Solid Waste Environmental Compliance will host a virtual public information open house on Wednesday, Dec. 2, to update residents on proposed enhancements to the EPD compliance plan for Hightower Landfill (which is closed). Officials will be available during the open house, held from 6-7 p.m. […]
Read More »Commissioner to consider COLA and salary increases for staff during Thursday’s meeting
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – County commissioners will consider adoption of the FY 2021 budget with the approval to apply a two percent COLA increase as budgeted and to apply an increase of one percent to the Salary Range Schedule to maintain competitive salary ranges when they meet in a voting session Thursday (Nov. 19) at […]
Read More »Coal Mountain Dog Park now open
PRESS RELEASE Forsyth County, Ga. – Forsyth County officials, staff and guests gathered Tuesday, Nov. 17, to officially open the Coal Mountain Dog Park (4060 County Way). The new park is located across from the County Animal Shelter in north Forsyth. “I look forward to seeing the special family bonds this park will help create […]
Read More »State, county break ground on cloverleaf interchange project at SR 369 and 400
PRESS RELEASE Forsyth County, Ga. – Forsyth County and state officials gathered on Tuesday, Nov. 17, to officially break ground on the widening of SR 369 as well as the creation of a grade-separated, partial cloverleaf interchange coming to the intersection of SR 400 and SR 369. The project will widen SR 369 (also known […]
Read More »Preliminary results of Forsyth County audit finds little has changed in election night results
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — County election officials and volunteers — under the watchful eye of an army of Republican and Democratic Party monitors and the media — completed a required audit of the Nov. 3 presidential election Monday, two days prior to a state-imposed deadline, with little or no change in election night results Election […]
Read More »Energized Republicans rally for Perdue, Loeffler
FORSTH COUNTY, Ga. – Hundreds of energized Republicans motivated by maintaining some restraint on what they see as the radical leftist agenda of a future Joe Biden administration elbowed their way into Black Diamond Grill Friday afternoon in support of Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. Perdue is battling John Ossoff and Loeffler is facing […]
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