Macon-Bibb County

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.101″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”light”] At its meeting on August 21, 2018, the Commission approved the amended Fiscal Year 2019 (July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019) Budget. It is a balanced budget of $161,676,403, includes the funding for the departments originally cut (Recreation, Parks […]

In its most recent inspection the Walker Road Landfill earned a score of 90 from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Environmental Protection Division (EPD). The report noted several areas that needed some work, including adding rip rap or similar erosion control measures at the discharge end of down drains; some drainage areas being overfilled […]

At the Macon-Bibb County Commission Meeting on August 7, 2018, Pastor Bo Turner with Real Life Church in Macon led the invocation. Two students led the Pledge of Allegiance- Nicholus Jackson (Central High School) and Rhiannon Wilmer (Academy for Classical Education). Both students are with the Georgia 4H program. Agenda Items Commissioners did not approve […]

The Macon-Bibb County Board of Commission does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at the Macon-Bibb County Government Center located at 700 Poplar Street, Macon, Georgia, on August 16, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. and pursuant to the requirements of § 48-5-32 does hereby publish the following […]

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Rebecca Grist, Macon-Bibb County’s Solicitor-General and a graduate of both Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law and the College of Charleston, has been named Georgia’s 2018 Solicitor-General of the Year by Georgia Association of Solicitors-General at the Prosecuting Attorneys Council Annual Meeting. She has led the Association’s Legislative Committee and has previously served […]

After an inspection in late July, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Environmental Protection Division (EPD) awarded Macon-Bibb County’s Walker Road Landfill with a rating of 90. “I’m very proud of how professional Landfill Manager James Peters and his staff work together to operate the landfill; they are building a mountain of garbage at the […]

Macon-Bibb County Mayor Pro Tem and District 9 Commissioner Al Tillman is continuing his series of public forums on  Tuesday, August 14   at  6:00 p.m.   at the Rosa Jackson Community Center   ( 1211 Maynard Street   ). The forums are being held in different areas of the county to provide people with an update on and ask questions about their consolidated government. The first forum was […]

Macon-Bibb County Mayor Pro Tem and District 9 Commissioner Al Tillman is continuing his series of public forums on Tuesday, August 14 at 6:00 p.m. at the Rosa Jackson Community Center (1211 Maynard Street ). The forums are being held in different areas of the county to provide people with an update on and ask questions about their consolidated government.  “We’ve had […]

With just three street sweepers, the Macon-Bibb Parks & Beautification Department picked up 491.84 tons – or 983,680 pounds – of dirt, trash, and debris off of our roads in FY2018 (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018). A single street sweeper can collect about 3.6 yards of material on a single run, and each […]