Royston adopts $10.76 million FY 2027 budget after hearing draws no comments
The unanimous June 9 vote sets the city’s spending framework for the fiscal year beginning July 1, but the record does not detail department or program allocations.
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Stephens County approves revenue-linked pay supplement for tax commissioner
The unanimous June 9 action authorizes added compensation for Dene Hicks, but county documents leave the payment’s dollar value and final contract terms undisclosed.
Toccoa’s Place in Proposed Homestead Sales Tax Deal Remains Unsettled
City commissioners placed possible participation with Stephens County on their June 8 agenda, but the published agenda records no decision or implementation.
Carnesville adopts FY 2026–27 budget without publishing its spending details
A unanimous City Council vote completed the budget process June 2, but the published meeting accounts leave residents without the plan’s total cost, revenue sources or departmental allocations.
Demorest approves richer city retirement formula, committing $36,000 more a year
The unanimous council vote raises the multiplier used to calculate employee pensions effective Jan. 1, 2027, while implementation paperwork has yet to be documented publicly.
Demorest’s proposed 2025 budget rewrite still has no recorded result
Council scheduled June hearings and a vote on an amendment to a $792,064 spending plan, but the public notices do not show what changed or whether the measure…
Demorest council approves sale of stock account officials said city cannot legally hold
The June 2 vote authorized the city manager to sign a letter for the transaction, but council minutes do not say when shares would be sold or what…
Proposed Franklin County library funding would keep Saturday closures and staffing cuts
Commissioners heard that the proposal would cover required benefit-cost increases, but the June 1 discussion did not produce a documented final library appropriation.
Reporting problems delay Franklin County’s 2026 assessment notices and tax digest
County assessors were told May 29 that unresolved issues in a key consolidation and growth report would push back two central steps in the property-tax process…
Clarkesville put 2025 budget changes before council, but the outcome remains unknown
A May work-session agenda called for discussion and approval consideration of Resolution 2026-4 without describing the proposed amendments or recording a decision.
Toccoa adopts FY2027 budget after waiving second reading
Commissioners unanimously approved the annual operating plan May 18, but the approval minutes do not state the final budget total or spell out its departmental allocations.
Tallulah Falls considers rules for school-zone camera revenue
A proposed policy would govern how the town holds, invests and spends money generated by automated school-zone enforcement, but adoption has not been confirmed.
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Franklin commissioners advance millage and fee decisions after an August public hearing
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Habersham commissioners put a floating sales-tax question on the November ballot
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- Commissioners voted 5-0 to call a November 3, 2026 special election on a five-year, 1% floating local option sales tax.
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