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Fire chief Jeff Taylor and 911 director Deidra Moore were both called into a closed door meeting of the Banks County Board of Commission on Wednesday, Jan. 20, to discuss personnel. No action was taken after the BOC behind closed doors for one and a half hours. [Full Story »] 

The Banks County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday night to deny a request for a conditional use permit to locate a flea market in the former location of Craven’s Pottery. Last week, the Banks County Planning Commission recommended that the request from Barrow 141 on 316, LLC to locate a flea market at 100 Pottery Drive be denied. [Full Story »] 

The swearing-in ceremony for the two new Banks County commissioners, Homer mayor and five council members has been set for 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 30, at the Banks County Courthouse, Yonah-Homer Road, Homer.

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The Banks County Board of Commission has postponed a meeting planned this week to make budget cuts until “serious flaws” in the tax digest are addressed.

“There are some serious flaws in the digest,” commissioner Joe Barefoot said at a BOC meeting Tuesday night. “We want to give our staff time to correct these flaws. Some properties are not listed and we need to get them listed.”

A meeting had been scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 9, for the BOC to make budget cuts. This meeting will be rescheduled in the next few weeks after the tax digest is corrected.

The BOC was set last week to approve a 21 percent tax hike but citizen input led this to be postponed while the BOC goes back to the budget to make more cuts. [Full Story »] 

Banks County taxpayers can make early payments on their property tax before the bills are sent out.
The property tax bills have not been sent out yet because the tax digest has not been completed. However, taxpayers may go by tax commissioner Margaret Ausburn’s office and pay the same amount of taxes they owed last year. This amount will be deducted from the bills when they are sent out and the taxpayers will only be billed for any increases.