Habersham County's economic development partnership has lost most of its local funding, including a steep county cut, and is trying to get the money restored.
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- April 17, 2025: Partnership Habersham funding and county defunding
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- No next step has been documented.
A request to open the Ruby Fulbright Aquatic Center on Sunday afternoons was raised with the county's parks advisory board.
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- April 15, 2025: Public request for Sunday afternoon Aquatic Center hours
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- No next step has been documented.
The advisory board is looking at how fees and contracts differ between facility rentals and county programs that use outside instructors.
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- April 15, 2025: Outside contractor/instructor fee and contract protocol for Rentals vs. Programs
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- No next step has been documented.
The county's parks advisory board has been tracking progress on the aquatic center's pool deck, with some repairs still pending as of April.
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- April 15, 2025: Pool Deck update
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- No next step has been documented.
A leaking roof and unresponsive landlord threaten to delay a new gymnastics lessee's planned May start at the county-leased building.
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- April 15, 2025: Gymnastics building roof leak, mold mitigation and insurance claim
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- No next step has been documented.
The recommendation would limit driveway access to a 2.2-acre tract and restrict the rezoned property to residential use, but the Board of Commissioners has not yet acted on…
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- April 1, 2025: Planning Commission recommendation on Z-25-01 (approval with conditions: driveway limited to 2.2-acre tract, residential use only)
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- No next step has been documented.
The county's next top administrator will be chosen from a shortlist of three, down from roughly 60 applicants.
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- March 25, 2025: County Manager search narrowed to three finalists
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- No next step has been documented.
The county's Board of Tax Assessors says it is collecting very little of the money owed on vehicles in the county, a gap that affects local tax revenue.
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- March 25, 2025: Abandoned vehicles revenue returning to the county
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- No next step has been documented.
County commissioners are reviewing departmental and outside agency funding requests for the fiscal year 2026 budget, which will shape spending on local services and nonprofits.
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- March 25, 2025: FY2026 Habersham County budget: departmental budget requests and outside agency funding requests
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- No next step has been documented.
A grant that could help pay for bridge and culvert repairs stalled after no commissioner would make a motion on it.
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- March 17, 2025: RIC grant application to assist with paying for bridges and culverts
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- No next step has been documented.
A county airport commission member asked for special-event funding to promote the airport with a food truck event.
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- March 11, 2025: Special event funding request for “Fajita Fly-In” promotional event
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- No next step has been documented.
The commission has been discussing a fob-based access system for airport fuel pumps that could affect how pilots and a flight school pay for fuel.
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- March 11, 2025: Fuel key fob / AVCARD payment system for flight school fuel purchases
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- No next step has been documented.