ACC Mayor & Commission

The Athens-Clarke County Solid Waste Department will change its leaf and limb collection rotation schedule and reorganize its collection zones.

The qualifying period for candidates up for election in May began Monday, March 2nd and will end on Friday, March 6th. This page will be updated daily throughout the week.

On March 3rd, the mayor and commission will vote whether or not to extend the current moratorium on the establishment of new data centers in Athens-Clarke County.

Sharon Miller is a native of Birmingham, Alabama and a pastor in Athens. She’s also one of five candidates to enter the race for mayor of Athens-Clarke County.

During Athens-Clarke County’s Mayor and Commission meeting, scheduled February 17, the commission will discuss the recapture and relocation of $6.2 million distributed through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement founder and Executive Director, Mokah Jasmine Johnson, says the drafted ordinance is connected to last year’s controversial racial justice resolution.

The group behind the controversial redevelopment of the UGA President’s House is calling for the project to be tabled.

The Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission heard from experts about affordable housing policy changes on Tuesday.

Item 11 on the agenda for the recent Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission meeting was an amendment to a previous ordinance that addressed right of way use in public areas.

At the Mayor and Commission agenda setting meeting Tuesday, elected officials reviewed a proposed redevelopment project for Homewood Village Shopping Center on Jefferson Road.