The Summerville City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting for October coming up tomorrow evening at 5 PM. The council’s meetings are open to the public. You can join the meeting virtually following the instructions below:
Governor Brian P. Kemp announced Friday that Georgia’s September net tax collections totaled almost $3.1 billion for an increase of $279.2 million, or 9.9 percent, compared to FY 2022 when net tax collections approached $2.82 billion. Year-to-date, net tax revenue collections totaled roughly $7.62 billion for an increase of $513.8 million, or 7.2 percent, through the end of this quarter.
According to the latest numbers from the Georgia Department of Public Health, there were twenty new COVID-19 cases reported over the past week in Chattooga County. That was up from two cases reported the previous reporting period. Across the state, there were eight-seven COVID-19 deaths across the state over the past week. There were ten COVID-19 cases being treated at Atrium Health Floyd and three patients being treated for COVID-19 at Advent Health Redmond this past week. New statistics are released weekly on Wednesday from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
A seventeen-year-old from Rome was arrested this week on Chulio Road for multiple charges including hit and run, giving false information to police, and driving without a license.
Work is progressing on the new building at Menlo Elementary School. It has been one year since the project began in earnest.
The City of Summerville is accepting bids for the mowing of the city’s gas department right of ways. The right of ways are some twenty-nine miles and stretch from Chattooga into Floyd County. Sealed bids are being accepted until 5 PM on Monday, November 14, 2022. Those interested can stop by Summerville City Public Works on Cox Street for a complete bid packet. If a potential bidder has questions, they may contact the city’s public works and utility director Terry Tinney at 706-859-0907.
The deadline to register to vote in the 2022 General Election is coming up next week. The last day to register to vote is Tuesday, October 11th. Early voting will begin on Monday, October 17th. All early voting in Chattooga County will take place at the Chattooga County Registrar Office, located just south of the Chattooga County Courthouse in Summerville. Voters will have several statewide races on the ballot, including governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general and agricultural commissioner. Also, voters in Chattooga County will be selecting a new school board member to represent the Menlo District on the Chattooga County Board of Education.
A team from Chattooga County will be attending the 2022 Gateway Communities Workshop coming up later this month after the county was named an “Appalachian Gateway Community”
The Chattooga County Land Use Committee has set the dates for the three public meetings. The chairman of the committee Eddy Willingham says that the purpose of the meetings is for public input on how the land use ordinance can be improved.
Lookout Mountain CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) needs volunteers to advocate for the best interest of the abused and neglected children of Catoosa, Dade, Walker and Chattooga counties who are in foster care. CASA volunteers serve as the eyes and ears of the juvenile court judges. For more information, email Annice Goodwin at lookoutmtncasa@gmail.com or call 423-402-0843.