Macon-Bibb County

Reverend Scott Dickison from First Baptist Church, led the invocation at the Macon-Bibb Commission Meeting on Tuesday, September 4. And Boy Scouts from Troop 10 led the Commission and audience in the Pledge of Allegiance at the meeting. Agenda Items The Commission approved negotiations and/or condemnation of 3970 Grand Avenue in ongoing effort to fight […]

Pastor Willie Finney, Jr. of Smith Street Baptist Church led the invocation at the July 17 Macon-Bibb County Commission Meeting. That was followed by Larry Howard and Jasmine Martin, members of our local 4H club, leading the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance. Our Emergency Management Agency Director, Spencer Hawkins, was recognized for winning the […]

At the June 5, 2018 Macon-Bibb County Commission meeting, Pastor Benjamin Newberry from Calvary Baptist Church delivered the invocation. Two students led us in the Pledge of Allegiance: Jordan Garr from the Academy of Classical Education and Waldron Hiley, Jr. from Stratford Academy. Agenda Items Commissioners voted to approve closing and selling William Street lane, […]

On Monday, March 19, Mayor Pro Tem Al Tillman and Commissioners Lucas, Schlesinger, and Watkins, along with SPLOST Advisory Committee Chair Theron Ussery, held a press conference to call on State Legislators to come together and pass a bill that would allow citizens to vote in November on an Other Local Option Sales Tax (OLOST). […]

On Tuesday, January 24, Mauldin & Jenkins presented Macon-Bibb County’s first Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) to the Commission, which is based on its audit of the county’s finances for July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016. While Mauldin & Jenkins has conducted audits of the government’s finances in the past, this is the first […]

Macon-Bibb County is fulfilling a promise to aggressively attack blight throughout the community by ridding neighborhoods of abandoned and dilapidated houses, creating greenspace, supporting organizations involved with neighborhood revitalization, and more. Recently, the Commission approved the first series of projects that will receive nearly $4.4 million in blight funding.  Below is a list of these […]