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Commissioners considered a countywide local state-of-emergency resolution Feb. 10, but the meeting minutes do not reveal the emergency, the proposal’s terms or whether it took effect.
Commissioners have kept new applications on hold through Oct. 14 while the record still does not show a final standard for fire protection, inspections or penalties.
Commissioners’ May 12 decision paused a land-use resolution that would set conditions for data-center approvals, while separately adopting accessory-structure updates.
Commissioners discussed roads, public safety, facilities and municipal allocations, but the reported process did not establish a final project list, referendum result or tax start.
Commissioners voted unanimously April 28, but public records do not reveal the asset’s value or whether the county plans to sell, transfer or retain it.
Commissioners unanimously approved the Acree Oil Co. expense in January, but the public meeting record does not identify the goods or services the county received.
Commissioners’ unanimous action at their annual retreat puts a named official at the center of preparing the county’s next fiscal-year budget.
The unanimous July 7 vote supports changing 520 North Avenue from Residential Single to Agricultural Residential, but the public record does not establish that the zoning change is…
The request would change zoning on a 0.23-acre Nub Garland Road parcel near Toccoa, but no documented County Commission decision shows whether the change took effect.
Commissioners approved the countywide plan unanimously after a public hearing, as insurance, pay and service-fund costs pushed selected spending changes.
The advisory recommendation would let two industrial parcels seek a 60-foot front setback instead of the usual 80 feet; a later final county action has not been identified.
Commissioners heard a dozen speakers on a proposed ordinance after the Planning Commission recommended allowing data centers as a conditional use in commercial-industrial districts.