Macon-Bibb County Commissioners met via Zoom for the regularly scheduled meetings on Tuesday, August 18. You can watch the meeting here. Old Business: Commissioners approved reallocating $200,000 in voter-approved Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) funds for planned improvements to Cotton Avenue Plaza, First Street, and Rosa Parks Square. The projects will […]
The Solid Waste Department is having to close the Walker Road Landfill (327 Lower Poplar Street) beginning Monday, August 17, 2010 because of a severe staffing shortage. Crews have been exposed to a person that tested positive, and there are not enough people to safely have the landfill open. “For anyone that uses the landfill […]
• Free gloves now available • The Recreation Department and Emergency Management Agency will continue giving free trifold surgical face masks and gloves on Monday, August 17. In the first week of distribution, 37,977 masks and 24,180 gloves were given to people. People can visit any of the below recreation centers Monday through Thursday between […]
At the end of July Macon-Bibb’s County Manager, Dr. Keith Moffett, was notified he would become an International City Managers’ Association’s (ICMA) Credentialed Manager. This was done after ICMA’s Executive Board approved the recommendations of its Credentialing Advisory Board. Throughout the next year, Dr. Moffett must complete identified professional development activities and complete an annual […]
For Fiscal Year 2021 (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021), the Macon-Bibb County Commission has set a millage rate the same as the year before, which is 20.331 mills. It was approved following three Public Hearings for community feedback, and a vote on Tuesday, August 11. “We have made significant investment in our community, […]
On Friday, August 7, 2020, Macon-Bibb County held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to open the Second Street Corridor Connect, a major infrastructure project that provides the connection between different areas of the community’s urban core. The event was held at the top of the Connector, showing the view of Downtown. The road opened to cars, […]
On Thursday, August 6 at 10:00 a.m., District 6 Commissioner Joe Allen and representatives from the Facilities Management and Engineering Departments unveiled the new “Beautiful Tobesofkee Parkway.” It’s at the intersection of Highway 74 and Northwest Point Drive near the Macon-Bibb and Monroe County border. The other sign is located on Mercer University Drive near I-475. “Lake Tobesofkee […]
Beginning Monday, August 10, crews from Ceres Environmental will begin assisting the Solid Waste Department to collect yard and bulk waste, as well as to clean up illegal dump sites. Ceres will collect bulk items (like big limbs, appliances, and furniture), while the Solid Waste Department will pick up what it normally collects. For the […]
On Monday, August 10 Macon-Bibb County – through the Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and Recreation Department – will begin distributing nearly 10,000 trifold surgical masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect Middle Georgia. The masks will be available FREE to the public Monday through Thursday between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. at the recreation centers listed below, and each person will be provided up […]
On Monday, July 27, Macon-Bibb Mayor Robert Reichert vetoed the emergency ordinance requiring the use of face coverings in public. Below is the full text of the letter the Mayor sent to the Commission explaining the veto and reiterating the importance of people taking all preventative measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, including wearing […]
