Today, at 11 AM, Andy Allen will be sworn in as Chattooga County’s Sole Commissioner.  Chattooga County is one of only seven counties in the state to still embrace the sole commissioner form of government.  Georgia is the only state in the union that has the sole commissioner form of government. Five of those seven counties with the sole commissioner form of government are located in North Georgia. Most of the other 152 counties in the state operate with a 3-5 person county commission.  Notable exceptions are the seven counties that have consolidated governments and DeKalb County in Metro Atlanta that operates with a chief executive officer.  The commissioner elect is inviting the public to the swearing-in ceremony that will take place in the main courtroom at the Chattooga County Courthouse this morning.