The deal with Leftover Pets, Inc., doing business as The Pet Mechanics, sets up ongoing veterinary care for animals at the county shelter.
Latest and next
- Latest
- July 20, 2026: Professional services agreement with Leftover Pets, Inc. for veterinary services to the Habersham County Animal Shelter
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- No next step has been documented.
A proposed update to county development rules would bar residents from renting out recreational vehicles as short-term lodging.
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- Latest
- July 20, 2026: Prohibition on recreational vehicles used as short-term rentals
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- No next step has been documented.
More state road-paving money means the county expects to repave roads worth roughly $2.3 million this year, though no new spending has been voted on.
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- Latest
- July 20, 2026: LMIG road paving program funding update (approx. $2.3 million in paving work)
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- No next step has been documented.
After tabling the appointment twice, the Board of Commissioners named Casey Lizama to the District 3 recreation board seat.
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- Latest
- July 20, 2026: Recreation Advisory Board appointment to fill Joe Elam's vacated seat (Commissioner McClellon's appointment)
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- No next step has been documented.
A resident's public comments put the county shelter's policies and no-kill status before commissioners, though no board action followed.
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- Latest
- July 20, 2026: Public comment on Animal Care and Control shelter policies and management
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- No next step has been documented.
The authority has voted several times since early 2025 to go behind closed doors on buying or selling property, but no public record shows what property or what…
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- Latest
- July 16, 2026: Executive Session on property acquisition/disposal and pending litigation
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- No next step has been documented.
The authority's governing by-laws were revised at some point but never formally adopted, and members have been asked to review and adopt them.
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- Latest
- July 16, 2026: Review and adoption of Development Authority By-Laws
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- No next step has been documented.
The county's Board of Tax Assessors approved shielding the taxpayer's information on the parcel because the owner is a state Department of Natural Resources employee entitled to redaction.
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- Latest
- July 14, 2026: Redaction request for parcel 038-075F (DNR employee)
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- No next step has been documented.
The county's tax board is working through 2026 Conservation Use Valuation Assessment applications for properties held as family farms, LLCs and LPs…
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- Latest
- July 14, 2026: 2026 CUVA applications for Family Farms, LLCs, LPs
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- The tabled applications are to be taken up at the Board of Tax Assessors' next meeting.
The county's tax assessors board corrected an assessment under order 2025-17, a change that can affect what the property owner involved owes.
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- Latest
- July 14, 2026: ACO Correction 2025-17
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- No next step has been documented.
The county's tax assessors board listed a possible executive session on personnel matters for its July meeting, a closed-door process residents cannot observe.
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- Latest
- July 14, 2026: Executive session for personnel matters
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- No next step has been documented.
Habersham County's tax assessors have voted unanimously at every meeting since January to approve new Conservation Use Valuation Assessment applications for properties larger than 10 acres…
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- Latest
- July 14, 2026: 2026 CUVA new applications, properties over 10 acres
- Next
- No next step has been documented.