local government meetings

Ambitious plan seeks to make entire county's electricity clean and renewable by 2050.

Lawmakers also narrowly approved a new development on Oglethorpe Avenue

$274 million plan includes raises for county employees and a possible decrease in property tax rate.

Presentation focuses on smaller apartment houses instead of big complexes.

While the county has a $15/hour minimum wage for its employees, library staff don't qualify because library funding comes in large part from the state.

Two-thirds of the proposed funding would come from federal COVID-19 aid.

Girtz proposes taking around $1.7 million from each of three sources.

Commissioners quiz mayor and staff on tax reduction, library staff, police cadets

Pandemic-related soaring construction costs mean that the North Athens Downtown Development Project needs more money.

Last year, lawmakers raised the wage floor for county employees to $15/hour, but what about employees already making $15?