The Downtown Development Authority's leadership posts are up for appointment, a routine step in setting who runs the board overseeing downtown projects.
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- March 19, 2026: Appointment of DDA Officers
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- No next step has been documented.
The city council's agenda lists a presentation to recognize a life-saving act, though the outcome of the meeting isn't yet on record.
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- March 19, 2026: Life Saving Award Presentation
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- No next step has been documented.
A proposal to allow a package store on the site stays on hold while the board waits for more information.
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- March 19, 2026: Conditional Use to allow a package store (Cook Construction)
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- The Planning Board is expected to take up the request again at its next meeting.
The city recognized a K9 officer and two other law enforcement officers for their roles in responding to a January shooting.
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- March 19, 2026: Lifesaving awards presented to K9 Officer Eric McKinney, Royston Sgt. Nic Hunsinger, and Franklin County Deputy John Harris for January 12, 2026 shooting response
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- No next step has been documented.
The authority's March 19 agenda lists a proposal to consider going into executive session, but the record does not show what was discussed or decided.
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- March 19, 2026: Consider going into executive session
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- No next step has been documented.
The board flagged an error in how a property assessment ratio study was recorded, a document used to check whether local property values match market value for tax…
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- March 17, 2026: Amendment to 3/17/2026 minutes regarding After Ratio Studies (Attachment #4)
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- No next step has been documented.
The board's agenda includes staffing changes that affect who works in county schools.
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- March 16, 2026: Personnel recommendations
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- No next step has been documented.
A water main break in the 4800 block of Old Hwy 441 has prompted the City of Baldwin to tell residents in the area to boil their water.
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- March 16, 2026: Boil water advisory due to water main break in 4800 block of Old Hwy 441
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- No next step has been documented.
The authority's March 2026 agenda lists a closed-door executive session, with no public record yet of the topic or any action taken.
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- March 12, 2026: Executive Session
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- No next step has been documented.
The authority's agenda shows how much money it held in its operating and SPLOST accounts as of late August.
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- March 12, 2026: IBA bank account balances (Operating and SPLOST accounts)
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- No next step has been documented.
The county hired McCormick Solutions last fall to handle appraisal field work and interim Chief Appraiser duties, but commissioners now plan to put the field work out for…
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- March 12, 2026: 2026 Budget Update and plan to bid out field appraisal work
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- Commissioners plan to put the field work currently done by McCormick out for bid.
The county's tax assessors board flagged a possible personnel discussion that, if held, would happen out of public view.
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- March 12, 2026: Executive session for personnel matters, if necessary
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- No next step has been documented.