The city commission is weighing whether to install a fence on city-owned property that once housed Straight Shooters.
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- January 27, 2025: Fence installation at city property formerly Straight Shooters
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The city commission is set to weigh in on who represents Toccoa on a regional conservation and development council.
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- January 27, 2025: Appointment to Rural Conservation and Development Council Board
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The appointments would fill city seats on boards covering animal shelter oversight, economic development, regional planning and other local bodies.
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- January 27, 2025: Appointments by the Mayor
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City staff walked commissioners through department-by-department priorities for the year, from finance reserves to police staffing to road paving funds.
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- January 27, 2025: Public Works Department 2025 goals
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The city is weighing a zoning change that would allow a manufactured home on a 0.593-acre parcel in Habersham County.
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- January 27, 2025: Draft ordinance amending manufactured home conditional use standards and zoning map for a 0.593-acre tract in Land Lot 185, 10th Land District, Habersham County
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The city commission is weighing who will fill a seat on the local beautification board.
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- January 27, 2025: Appointment to Keep Toccoa-Stephens County Beautiful Board
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A cap on cashing out unused vacation time could affect how much the county pays departing employees and how FY26 budget figures are built.
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- January 24, 2025: Vacation time payout cap for FY26
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The board weighed updates to county ordinance chapters covering general provisions and other county rules, with more research planned before Chapter 3 moves forward.
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- January 24, 2025: Proposed updates to Chapters 2, 3, and 18 of the County Code of Ordinances
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Stephens County commissioners are looking at covering the cost of a Sheriff's Office drug dog using opioid settlement (DATE) money rather than the general budget.
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- January 24, 2025: Sheriff's Office drug dog funded from opioid (DATE) funds
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Commissioners floated shifting county employees to a four-day schedule while keeping offices open five days a week.
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- January 24, 2025: Four-day work week for county staff
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County commissioners want to gauge employee interest before considering any change to retirement benefits.
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- January 24, 2025: County employee pension survey
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Stephens County's volunteer fire service could eventually shift to a paid model, but officials say the change would take years to plan.
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- January 24, 2025: Future paid full-time County Fire Department
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- No next step has been documented.