Finance Committee will hear department funding requests today for FY 2023 budget
News May 31, 2022
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Finance Committee will hold a called meeting today at 9am in the County Administration Building, 110 East Main Street in Cumming to review departmental budget requests for the FY 2023 budget.
The committee will hear requests by the following departments:
Coroner
Tax Assessors / Board of Assessors
Tax Commissioner
Magistrate Court
Probate Court
Clerk of Court / Board of Equalization
Hotel / Motel Tax
Economic Development (Chamber of Commerce)
BOC called meeting set for Thursday
News August 11, 2021
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – The Board of Commissioners will hold a series of public hearings during a called meeting Thursday at 5 p.m. in the County Administration Building, 110 East Main Street in Cumming.
Public hearings to be considered include:
- The county-Initiated variance request to reduce the Georgia Highway 400 undisturbed buffer from 40 ft. to 0 ft;
- A request for an Amendment of Zoning Conditions on ZA3079 (Ackerman & Company) by Rockhaven Homes, LLC ;
- Approval of an Alternate Design for Jones Bridge Road Associates, LLC;
- A request for an amendment of Zoning Conditions on ZA2147 (Atlantic Gulf Communities Corporation) by Barbara Roeber and variances to UDC Table 11.2(a);
- A request for an Amendment of Zoning Conditions on ZA2653 (Westbrook Windermere, LLC) by Robert and Jennifer Guano and a variance to UDC Table 11.2(a);
- Amendments to Chapter 5 related to Corrective Zoning Action within the Unified Development Code of Forsyth County;
- Amendments to Chapters 3 and 18 related to Undisturbed Areas of Separation within the Unified Development Code of Forsyth County;
- Amendments to Chapter 11 related to Exterior Buffer Requirements within the Unified Development Code of Forsyth County;
- Amendments to Chapter 8 related to Administrative Variances within the Unified Development Code of Forsyth County;
- Amendments to Chapters 3 and 18 related to Open Space and Low-Impact Stormwater Design Incentives within the Unified Development Code of Forsyth County;
- Amendments to Chapter 11 related to Design Applicability within the Unified Development Code of Forsyth County;
- The County-Initiated request to rezone from Single Family Residential District (RES3) to Agricultural District (A1) – Parcels 074-005, 074-452 and 074-453 – ZA4021.
Expect another full house when BOE meets Tuesday
News June 14, 2021
Dr. Jeff Bearden
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – The Forsyth County Board of Education will hold two called meetings prior to the regular monthly meeting on Tuesday June 15. At 5 p.m., the Board will meet to discuss ratification of a property sale, followed at 5:30 p.m. by a public hearing on the FY 2022 budget.
Several key items appear on the regular meeting agenda at 6p.m., including approval of the FY 2022 budget and the proposed SPLOST 6 project list.
But, it is the Public Participation portion of that meeting that is expected to draw another standing-room-only crowd when angry opponents of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) strategic plan to demand it be removed from Forsyth County Schools.
Opponents say that DEI is merely a Trojan horse that hides Critical Race Theory (CRT), an ideology that judges people by the color of their skin and not the content of their character and segregates them into two groups – white people are the oppressors and blacks are the oppressed.
Superintendent Dr. Jeff Bearden says CRT is not being taught in Forsyth County Schools.
BOC discusses framework for distribution of $12.4 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds
News July 26, 2020
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – David Gruen appeared before the Board of Commissioners Wednesday (July 22) to seek direction regarding the distribution of funds from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) Forsyth County has been awarded $12,443,307, including $3,372,992.
Gruen pointed to five areas where CRF can be utilized: Medical expenses, public health expenses, certain payroll expenses, action to comply with public health measures and economic support.
Chairwoman Laura Semanson expressed concern about the level of service and the level of reporting the county gets from Gainesville-based District 2 Public Health which provides coronavirus testing once a week for Forsyth County. The county asked for two testing periods but DPH said they can only do one.
“I know you have pushed on them to try and get better data for us to work with and understand what the reality is and what the current state in our local care facilities but beyond that, I guess we need to push at state,” Semanson said. Have our state delegation or a little higher than that to try and seek parity in that because there is absolutely no excuse for the county not to have the same level of information that other counties have.”
Questioned about which entities are not eligible to receive funding, Scott Evans, senior technical project manger for the Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce, said the only ones he is aware of that may not receive funds are publicly-traded businesses owned by hedge funds, individuals who have passive income property, adult businesses, corporate-owned franchises and those that have liens due to violations of local, state or federal ordinances.
Evan said he has worked on a framework that will assist county staff in moving forward with a distribution plan and it would be available after the meeting.
Semanson then scheduled a follow-up called meeting for Tuesday (July 28).
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