Government hours, trash collection changes for 2020 Labor Day
Labor Day is Monday, September 7, 2020. Government Offices and Courts will be closed, but emergency services will remain active. That includes E911, the Sheriff's Office, the Fire Department, and the Emergency Management Agency. Trash collection and Solid Waste hours...
Free hand sanitizer now available to the public along with face masks and gloves
The Macon-Bibb County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and Recreation Department are now making hand sanitizer available for free at all ten recreation centers, along with the face masks and gloves that have been handed out the past several weeks. People can...
Television show filming Downtown on Sunday
The production company Morning Bee, Inc., will film scenes Downtown Sunday for the show being filmed at the Centreplex. There will be intermittent traffic closures on Poplar Street from 5th to 7th Streets from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Carolyn Crayton Park (formally...
Walker Road Landfill reopens to the public
Yard, bulk was collection continues The Solid Waste Department has reopened the Walker Road Landfill (327 Lower Poplar Street) as crews were able to return to work. It is open to the public Monday through Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Material not accepted at...
Macon-Bibb employees to help provide free masks to people
Beginning the week of Monday, August 30, employees with the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, Public Works Department, and Parks & Beautification Department will have face masks in their vehicles to give people who are not wearing one. Nearly 25,000 face masks are...
Commissioners pass two mask mandates to help slow the spread of COVID-19
At a Special Called Meeting on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, the Macon-Bibb County Commission approved two mandates requiring people to wear face masks or coverings when in public and in government facilities and vehicles, both when...
Free mask, glove giveaway continuing for third week
On Monday, August 24, the Recreation Department and Emergency Management Agency will starts its third week giving free trifold surgical face masks and gloves to people to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect Middle Georgia. In the two weeks of distribution,...
August 18, 2020 Commission Meeting Recap
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...
Staffing shortage due to COVID-19 exposure leads to temporary landfill closure
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...
Macon-Bibb County continuing PPE distribution Monday
• 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....