FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Board of Commissioners authorized County Manager Kevin Tanner to proceed with advertisement of a public hearing regarding the proposed FY 2023 county budget and occupational tax on August 18. Tanner presented the county’s spending plan at Tuesday’s Board of Commissioners meeting. As required by state law, the budget is balanced […]
Read More »Lawsuit claims Forsyth County Board of Education violated parents first amendment rights
Atlanta, GA – Alison Hair and Cindy Martin, members of an organization known as Mama Bears of Forsyth County, filed a federal lawsuit Monday that claims Chairman Wesley McCall and the Forsyth County Board of Education violated their First Amendment rights by banning Hair from participating in Board meetings. The Institute for Free Speech filed […]
Read More »Board of Commissioners will ask citizens to approve a transportation tax increase in November
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — As the nation teeters on the brink of a full-blown recession, Forsyth Commissioners are expected to ask citizens to pass a one-cent sales transportation tax in November. When the Board meets in a work session Tuesday (July 26), commissioners will consider approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Cumming […]
Read More »BOC receives Humane Law Maker Award
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Board of Commissioners’ decision to amend the county’s Animal Ordinance to prohibit the sale of pets by pet stores or by roadside was welcome news to many pet owners and the Humane Society of the United States. At the July 21 BOC meeting, the Humane Society awarded commissioners the Humane […]
Read More »Forsyth County citizens blast Dominion, call for a hand count in Nov. midterm election
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County residents called on the Board of Commissioners Thursday to scrap the controversy-plagued Dominion Voting Systems before the critical midterm election in November. Despite a federal government advisory issued by (CISA) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an arm of Homeland Security, that Dominion does have “vulnerabilities” there has no evidence […]
Read More »Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office issues scam alert
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. –The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office has received some complaints from citizens about a text scam that is circulating. The scam is giving $10 off a FCSO T-shirt if you click the link. FCSO is NOT selling T-Shirts. Don’t click the link. #ScamAlert #NoFCSOTShirts #StaySafeForsyth
Read More »Citizens for a Greater Georgia will host a phone bank event Wednesday
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Citizens for a Greater Georgia will host a phone banking event at the Forsyth County Republican Party Headquarters, 540 Lake Center Parkway, Suite 103 in Cumming on Wednesday, July 20 from 5 until 7 pm. Bring your headphones and or earbuds and call your friends to remind them about the importance […]
Read More »Board will consider 141-acre development with more than 400 residences at Thursday meeting
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Board of Commissioners will consider Northpoint Capital Investment Holding’s plan for a 141-acre commercial/residential development when it meets at 5 pm Thursday in the County Administration Building, 101 E. Main Street in Cumming. Northpoint will ask the Board to rezone the property from Agricultural, Neighborhood Shopping and Single-family residential to […]
Read More »Board set to approve 2022 county millage rate
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County Commissioners are expected to adopt the FY 2022 millage rate Thursday at 6:30 pm, the regular Board of Commissioners meeting will begin at 5 pm. The county’s proposed rate is 7.896 mils, the same as last year. The proposed budget is $186,100,000, a 13.4 percent increase over last year’s […]
Read More »Cumming man dies in Thursday traffic accident
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A Cumming man was killed Thursday evening when the 2021 Harley Davidson Softail he was riding was struck by a GMC Canyon on Canton Highway at the entrance to Green’s Corners Shopping Plaza. Andrew Perillo, 31, was traveling east on Canton Highway after being stopped at the red light at Bethelview […]
Read More »Material weaknesses noted in county’s comprehensive financial report
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Chris McKellar of the CPA firm Mauldin and Jenkins presented the FY 2021 Comprehensive Annual Finance Report to the Board of Commissioners Tuesday and despite some noted weaknesses and several recommendations said, the County is to be commended since the reporting “goes above and beyond the information that is required.” The […]
Read More »City, County officials discuss Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners and representatives from the Cumming City Council gathered in the County Administration Building Tuesday for a special called meeting to discuss a proposed Transportation Special Purpose Local Sales Tax (TSPLOST). The meeting, which lasted less than six minutes, is required by state law primarily to […]
Read More »BOC to review 2021 financial report Tuesday
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The accounting firm of Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC will present the 2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and the Board of Commissioners will consider a series of budget resolutions regarding the 2021 budget during a work session Tuesday, July 12. Resolutions to be considered include the transfer of available funds from the […]
Read More »City, County officials meet Monday to discuss a transportation tax
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners and Cumming City Council will hold a special called joint meeting Monday (July 11) at 1 pm in the County Administration Building, 110 East Main Street in Cumming. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax to […]
Read More »First two public hearings on the proposed millage rate are in the books
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Chief Financial Officer Marcus Turk presented the FY 2022 proposed millage rates at the first two of three required public hearings on Thursday morning. The second was held Thursday evening. The county’s proposed rate is 7.896 mils, the same as last year. The proposed budget is $186,100,000, a 13.4 percent increase […]
Read More »Forsyth County receives grant for therapeutic recreation programs
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A $48,000 grant from Building Opportunities in Out-of-School Time (BOOST) Grants Program will allow the Forsyth County Parks and Recreation Department to expand its offering of Therapeutic Recreation programs. Funding for the BOOST grant comes from the American Rescue Plan. The program is administered by the Georgia Department of Education in […]
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