The city's Main Street Department, which handles downtown events, advertising and Christmas lighting, gets a funding boost in the new budget after being cut the year before.
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- September 30, 2026: Main Street Department budget reduction, including elimination of Temporary/Special Events Coordinator position and cuts to advertising and Christmas lighting downtown
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Georgia's environmental regulator is reviewing renewal of the air operating permit that sets emissions limits for the Columbia County foundry.
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- September 29, 2026: Facility name change from GIW Industries, Inc. to KSB GIW, Inc.
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The draft permit for the Oglethorpe Power Corporation facility near Dalton would fold in and revoke the plant's existing air quality permits and amendments…
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- September 29, 2026: Title V Renewal Permit review for Thomas A. Smith Energy Facility (TV-938555)
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Monthly updates to the city council cover the status of grant funding and infrastructure projects that could affect city services and parks.
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- September 29, 2026: Georgia Mountains Regional Commission grants discussion
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City Council is considering a purchase of new body cameras for the Police Department, but has not yet made a decision.
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- September 29, 2026: Purchase of new body cameras for the Police Department
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- No next step has been documented.
A change to the county's alcohol ordinance is up for discussion, which could affect rules for local alcohol sales.
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- September 29, 2026: Alcohol Ordinance Amendment
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- No next step has been documented.
A planning and zoning review of errors on the county's zoning map could affect how specific parcels are classified.
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- September 29, 2026: Zoning Map Errors
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The state air permit now relies on continuous NOx monitoring instead of earlier compliance-monitoring conditions on the plant's combustion turbine and duct burner stacks.
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- September 29, 2026: Removal of CAM Plan monitoring conditions 5.2.7, 5.2.8, 5.2.10 and 5.2.11 (turbines exempt due to NOx CEMS)
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- No next step has been documented.
The state's decision raises how much wastewater the Hyundai Metaplant's pretreatment facility can discharge, while rejecting calls to deny the permit or add PFAS and extra…
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- September 29, 2026: Removal of references to City of Savannah Travis Field WRF, which no longer receives wastewater from North Bryan WRF
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The city is considering a second military base maintenance deal, following an existing one with Fort Benning, though no vote has been taken.
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- September 29, 2026: Fort Gordon Intergovernmental Service Agreement
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The cap would keep the foundry's air permit classified as a smaller-scale source rather than one facing stricter major-source rules.
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- September 29, 2026: Facility-requested production limit of 30,000 tons per year of iron poured to remain a PSD minor source
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The facility's decision to keep following a stricter federal air-toxics standard could affect how much it can produce in the future.
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- September 29, 2026: Facility's continued voluntary subjection to the Foundry MACT (40 CFR 63 Subpart EEEEE) despite being below the major HAP source threshold
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- No next step has been documented.