The Highway 145/Highway 29 roundabout is projected to cost $3.6 million and isn't expected to be built until 2031.
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- January 27, 2026: Highway 145/Highway 29 roundabout project in Franklin Springs
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- No next step has been documented.
A financial review tied to the county's 5-year capital improvement planning could cost county taxpayers $15,000 to $25,000.
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- January 27, 2026: Davenport Presentation
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- No next step has been documented.
The county's year-end financial report and a recommendation to hire a full-time finance director could shape how Franklin County manages its books going forward.
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- January 27, 2026: County audit presentation and recommendation for full-time finance director
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- No next step has been documented.
The commission that reviews local land-use and zoning matters is set to choose its leader.
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- January 22, 2026: Election of Planning Commission Chair
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- No next step has been documented.
A property owner wants land at 932 Wilson Road reclassified to allow a farm stand, a change that would affect what can be built and sold there.
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- January 5, 2026: RZ-2025-032 Rezone at 932 Wilson Rd from Rural Residential (RR) to Agricultural (AG), 11.58 acres, for a farm stand
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- No next step has been documented.
A request to rezone a 48.66-acre Carnesville tract from commercial to light-industrial use remains unresolved after the applicant sought a delay.
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- January 5, 2026: RZ-2025-030 Rezone at 252 Komplex Dr from Highway Business (HB) to Light Industrial (LI), 48.66 acres
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- January 22, 2026 Planning Commission meeting
The opinion concerns an appeal tied to Chairwoman Long's chicken houses, after commissioners closed session on the underlying litigation with her recused in December.
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- January 5, 2026: Attorney Kevin Epps' legal opinion on Mr. Lunsford's appeal regarding Chairwoman Long's chicken houses/property
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- No next step has been documented.
A requested reduction in how far a poultry house must sit from the road at a Carnesville property goes before the county's planning commission.
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- November 20, 2025: Variance V-2025-011: reduce poultry house front setback at 723 Highway 326, Carnesville
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- No next step has been documented.
The county board's November agenda includes a personnel item, which is typically discussed outside public view.
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- November 10, 2025: Personnel matters
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- No next step has been documented.
Franklin County commissioners are set to take up a matter involving Garren Hall and the county fire service, though the record does not yet show what action is…
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- November 10, 2025: Agenda item involving Garren Hall of Franklin County Fire Service
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- No next step has been documented.
A construction company representative asked to address the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, though the topic was not specified in the agenda.
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- November 10, 2025: Speaker request from Arnold S. "Beau" Kaye of Belmont Construction
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- No next step has been documented.
A Lavonia-area resident wants county rules to limit noise from the Columbia Farms plant on Main Street.
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- November 10, 2025: Citizen request for an Industrial Noise Ordinance regarding noise from Columbia Farms on Main Street, Lavonia
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- No next step has been documented.