Local Government

The Special Election will be held "separate and apart" from the county election, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

Confronting issues with last year's overages, pending raises and filling public works vacancies, increased costs and target revenues pose challenges to drafting the FY25 budget for the Brooklet City Council.

Chairman Thompson made the tie breaking vote to rezone a property adjacent to Youngblood Road from a Residential-25 to Residential-15, after developers received approval from the EDP to utilize a community septic-sewage system. Residents of homes near the proposed subdivision spoke in opposition to the request. Click on the picture to read all County business covered at the meeting.

Bulloch Commissioners heard presentations for the final two departments on Thursday for the upcoming budget. Click on the picture to read more.

One of the actions taken by the City Council at their bi-monthly meeting on Tuesday was to approve the paving of the City's last unpaved street. They also approved the new proximity waiver revisions to help expand entertainment venues downtown. Click on the image to read about all the action taken at the meeting.

City Manager Charles Penny says this alcohol proximity ordinance is a part the grander plan of to foster a vibrant downtown business and community scene and remove limitations to this growth.

Budget requests far outweigh revenue projects; this is the continuing theme Bulloch Commissioners are balancing. The largest non-capital budget request is for additional staff to manage a rapidly growing county. Click on the picture to read more about the budget needs and revenue challenges.

Homestead exemptions have been enacted to reduce the burden of ad valorem taxation for Georgia homeowners. These exemptions apply to homestead property owned by a taxpayer and occupied as his or her legal residence.

City Attorney Hugh Hunter will hold his renewed position until June of 2024, in which time Councilman Brad Anderson says Brooklet will need to take an "aggressive' approach in the search for a new City Attorney.

Statesboro City took action to move forward with the West Main Streetscape improvement project, Click on the picture to read about all business covered at the meeting.