County Government Information Catalog
2011 Government Management Indicators Survey
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
2011 Government Management Indicators Survey
County Government Information Catalog
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNTY AFFAIRS
Office of Research and Surveys 60 Executive Park South, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30329-2231
December 2011
COUNTY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION CATALOG: 2011
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................i Alphabetical Index to counties .................................................................................I-1 to I-3 Chapter 1: Management Functions.............................................Section 1-Summary to Page 1-5 Chapter 2: Services Provided ..............................................Section 2.a-Summary to Page 2.b-5 Chapter 3: Public Facilities..................................................Section 3.a-Summary to Page 3.b-5 Chapter 4: Planning, Zoning and Development Procedures...........Section 4.a-Summary to Page 4.d-6 Chapter 5: Financial Management Practices.............................Section 5.a-Summary to Page 5.f-5 Chapter 6: Economic Development Activities.........................Section 6.a-Summary to Page 6.d-5 Chapter 7: Public Safety.......................................................Section 7.a-Summary to Page 7.c-6 Chapter 8: Form of Government.............................................. Section 8-Summary to Page 8-5 Chapter 9: E-Government................................................ ...Section 9-Summary to Page 9-6
Note: Page numbering is based on the tables contained within each chapter. Each chapter has separate page numbers.
Acknowledgement The Department of Community Affairs acknowledges and thanks the local government officials who responded to the Government
Management Indicators (GOMI) survey that result in this report.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION CATALOG: 2011
What Information is Included in the Catalog?
The Government Information Catalog is a comprehensive guide to the organization and operations of Georgia's local governments. The Catalog is unique in that it provides the data collected directly from local governments including:
Management functions Services provided Financial management practices Planning, zoning and development procedures
What is the Purpose of the Catalog?
Public facilities Economic development activities Public safety Form of government
E-Government
Local elected officials, administrators, state agencies and academics are among those who find the Catalog a useful source of comprehensive information on local government operations in the State. While providing information on specific subjects such as public safety or services provided, the primary purpose of the Catalog is identifying general patterns of government management and operations.
How is the Data Collected?
The data was collected through the Government Management Indicators (GOMI) survey prepared by the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and administered to all 159 counties in Georgia with a response rate of 95 percent. Due to the large variety of local conditions and characteristics of the governments participating in the mandated survey and the turnover of local government employees, individual responses to specific survey questions may not be consistent from year to year. In addition, data is selfreported and not verified by an outside source. The data presented is best used in summary form to reflect general management practices and services among governments of a similar size.
How Do I Use the Catalog? 1. Determine the population group of the county for which you want information and whether the government responded to the survey. In each of the tables, counties are grouped by population and listed alphabetically within in each group to aid comparisons of similarly sized counties. 2. Use the "Table of Contents" to determine which tables are most likely to have the information you need. 3. Note that each chapter is paginated separately. Some chapters have several sets of tables with pages numbered accordingly. Example: Page 2.b 1 is the first page of the second table (Table B) in Chapter Two (Services Provided). 4. Each set of tables is preceded by a summary of totals and averages for each population group. The summary tables are useful for comparing an individual county to an aggregate of governments in its population group, and provide an overview of the data in each table.
Department of Community Affairs
Index to County Governments
County
1 Appling 2 Athens-Clarke * 3 Atkinson 4 Augusta/Richmond * 5 Bacon 6 Baker 7 Baldwin 8 Banks 9 Barrow 10 Bartow 11 Ben Hill 12 Berrien 13 Bibb 14 Bleckley 15 Brantley 16 Brooks 17 Bryan 18 Bulloch 19 Burke 20 Butts 21 Calhoun 22 Camden 23 Candler 24 Carroll 25 Catoosa 26 Charlton 27 Chatham
2010 Population Population group
18,236
D
116,714
A
8,375
F
200,549
A
11,096
E
3,451
F
45,720
C
18,395
D
69,367
B
100,157
A
17,634
D
19,286
D
155,547
A
13,063
E
18,411
D
16,243
D
30,233
C
70,217
B
23,316
D
23,655
D
6,694
F
50,513
B
10,998
E
110,527
A
63,942
B
12,171
E
265,128
A
Responded to survey
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
* - Consolidated county/city government.
County
28 Chattooga 29 Cherokee 30 Clay 31 Clayton 32 Clinch 33 Cobb 34 Coffee 35 Colquitt 36 Columbia 37 Columbus/Muscogee * 38 Cook 39 Coweta 40 Crawford 41 Crisp 42 Cusseta-Chattahoochee * 43 Dade 44 Dawson 45 Decatur 46 DeKalb 47 Dodge 48 Dooly 49 Dougherty 50 Douglas 51 Early 52 Echols * 53 Effingham 54 Elbert
2010 Population Population group
26,015
C
214,346
A
3,183
F
259,424
A
6,798
F
688,078
A
42,356
C
45,498
C
124,053
A
189,885
A
17,212
D
127,317
A
12,630
E
23,439
D
11,267
E
16,633
D
22,330
D
27,842
C
691,893
A
21,796
D
14,918
E
94,565
B
132,403
A
11,008
E
4,034
F
52,250
B
20,166
D
Responded to survey
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
I - 1
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Index to County Governments
County
55 Emanuel 56 Evans 57 Fannin 58 Fayette 59 Floyd 60 Forsyth 61 Franklin 62 Fulton 63 Georgetown-Quitman * 64 Gilmer 65 Glascock 66 Glynn 67 Gordon 68 Grady 69 Greene 70 Gwinnett 71 Habersham 72 Hall 73 Hancock 74 Haralson 75 Harris 76 Hart 77 Heard 78 Henry 79 Houston 80 Irwin 81 Jackson
2010 Population Population group
22,598
D
11,000
E
23,682
D
106,567
A
96,317
B
175,511
A
22,084
D
920,581
A
2,513
F
28,292
C
3,082
F
79,626
B
55,186
B
25,011
C
15,994
D
805,321
A
43,041
C
179,684
A
9,429
F
28,780
C
32,024
C
25,213
C
11,834
E
203,922
A
139,900
A
9,538
F
60,485
B
Responded to survey
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
* - Consolidated county/city government.
County
82 Jasper 83 Jeff Davis 84 Jefferson 85 Jenkins 86 Johnson 87 Jones 88 Lamar 89 Lanier 90 Laurens 91 Lee 92 Liberty 93 Lincoln 94 Long 95 Lowndes 96 Lumpkin 97 Macon 98 Madison 99 Marion 100 McDuffie 101 McIntosh 102 Meriwether 103 Miller 104 Mitchell 105 Monroe 106 Montgomery 107 Morgan 108 Murray
I - 2
2010 Population Population group
13,900
E
15,068
D
16,930
D
8,340
F
9,980
F
28,669
C
18,317
D
10,078
E
48,434
C
28,298
C
63,453
B
7,996
F
14,464
E
109,233
A
29,966
C
14,740
E
28,120
C
8,742
F
21,875
D
14,333
E
21,992
D
6,125
F
23,498
D
26,424
C
9,123
F
17,868
D
39,628
C
Responded to survey
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Index to County Governments
County
109 Newton 110 Oconee 111 Oglethorpe 112 Paulding 113 Peach 114 Pickens 115 Pierce 116 Pike 117 Polk 118 Pulaski 119 Putnam 120 Rabun 121 Randolph 122 Rockdale 123 Schley 124 Screven 125 Seminole 126 Spalding 127 Stephens 128 Stewart 129 Sumter 130 Talbot 131 Taliaferro 132 Tattnall 133 Taylor 134 Telfair 135 Terrell
2010 Population Population group
99,958
B
32,808
C
14,899
E
142,324
A
27,695
C
29,431
C
18,758
D
17,869
D
41,475
C
12,010
E
21,218
D
16,276
D
7,719
F
85,215
B
5,010
F
14,593
E
8,729
F
64,073
B
26,175
C
6,058
F
32,819
C
6,865
F
1,717
F
25,520
C
8,906
F
16,500
D
9,315
F
Responded to survey
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
* - Consolidated county/city government.
County
136 Thomas 137 Tift 138 Toombs 139 Towns 140 Treutlen 141 Troup 142 Turner 143 Twiggs 144 Union 145 Upson 146 Walker 147 Walton 148 Ware 149 Warren 150 Washington 151 Wayne 152 Webster Unified * 153 Wheeler 154 White 155 Whitfield 156 Wilcox 157 Wilkes 158 Wilkinson 159 Worth
2010 Population Population group
44,720
C
40,118
C
27,223
C
10,471
E
6,885
F
67,044
B
8,930
F
9,023
F
21,356
D
27,153
C
68,756
B
83,768
B
36,312
C
5,834
F
21,187
D
30,099
C
2,799
F
7,421
F
27,144
C
102,599
A
9,255
F
10,593
E
9,563
F
21,679
D
Responded to survey
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
I - 3
2011 County Government Information Catalog
CHAPTER 1 Management Functions
This chapter covers the provision of certain management functions that can be performed by local governments.
Ways a government may provide a management function: A. Own-government provided directly by the government B. Other government agreement with other local government(s) C. RDC contracted with regional development commission D. Private contracted with a private provider E. Combination combination of one or more of the above functions F. NP function not provided
Types of management functions include: Accounts Payable/Receivable Archiving & Historical Data Collecting & Maintaining Land Use Data Geographic Information System Issuing Occupation Tax Certificates Law Enforcement Records Maintaining Court Records Payroll Preparation Tax Assessment Tax Billing Tax Digest Utility Bill Preparation Voter Registration
Department of Community Affairs
Section 1: Management Functions - Summary of Data
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
24 16 33 32 19 27 151
Number performing management functions in-house
Accounts payable/ receivable
#
%
Archiving and historical data
#
%
Collecting and maintaining land use data
#
%
24
100.0%
18
75.0%
22
91.7%
16
100.0%
11
68.8%
9
56.3%
33
100.0%
15
45.5%
18
54.5%
32
100.0%
16
50.0%
21
65.6%
19
100.0%
9
47.4%
5
26.3%
27
100.0%
15
55.6%
8
29.6%
151
100.0%
84
55.6%
83
55.0%
Geographic information
systems
#
%
20
83.3%
12
75.0%
17
51.5%
14
43.8%
5
26.3%
4
14.8%
72
47.7%
Issusing occupation tax
certificates
#
%
22
91.7%
11
68.8%
20
60.6%
18
56.3%
9
47.4%
12
44.4%
92
60.9%
Law enforcement
records
#
%
23
95.8%
15
93.8%
31
93.9%
30
93.8%
19
100.0%
27
100.0%
145
96.0%
Maintaining court records
#
%
24
100.0%
14
87.5%
31
93.9%
28
87.5%
17
89.5%
26
96.3%
140
92.7%
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
24 16 33 32 19 27 151
Number performing management functions in-house
Payroll preparation
#
%
22
91.7%
16
100.0%
31
93.9%
29
90.6%
18
94.7%
26
96.3%
142
94.0%
Tax assessment
#
%
23
95.8%
15
93.8%
28
84.8%
29
90.6%
15
78.9%
21
77.8%
131
86.8%
Tax billing
#
%
18
75.0%
10
62.5%
11
33.3%
19
59.4%
7
36.8%
15
55.6%
80
53.0%
Tax digest
#
%
24
100.0%
16
100.0%
25
75.8%
29
90.6%
11
57.9%
20
74.1%
125
82.8%
Utility bill preparation
#
%
11
45.8%
3
18.8%
9
27.3%
7
21.9%
3
15.8%
12
44.4%
45
29.8%
Voter registration
#
%
24
100.0%
16
100.0%
33
100.0%
32
100.0%
19
100.0%
26
96.3%
150
99.3%
Section 1 - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 1: Management Functions
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn Gordon
How does the government manage the following functions?
Accounts payable/ receivable
Archiving and historical data
Collecting/ maintaining land use data
Geographic information
system
Issuing occupation tax cerificates
Law enforcement
records
Maintaining court records
Payroll preparation
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Tax assessment
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 1: Management Functions
County
Population Group B Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens Sumter Tattnall
How does the government manage the following functions?
Accounts payable/ receivable
Archiving and historical data
Collecting/ maintaining land use data
Geographic information
system
Issuing occupation tax cerificates
Law enforcement
records
Maintaining court records
Payroll preparation
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 1: Management Functions
County
Population Group C Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether Mitchell Morgan Pierce
How does the government manage the following functions?
Accounts payable/ receivable
Archiving and historical data
Collecting/ maintaining land use data
Geographic information
system
Issuing occupation tax cerificates
Law enforcement
records
Maintaining court records
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Payroll preparation
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 1: Management Functions
County
Population Group D Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch Echols County Georgetown-Quitman Glascock
How does the government manage the following functions?
Accounts payable/ receivable
Archiving and historical data
Collecting/ maintaining land use data
Geographic information
system
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 1: Management Functions
County
Population Group F Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
How does the government manage the following functions?
Accounts payable/ receivable
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Collecting/ maintaining land use data
Geographic information
system
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Law enforcement
records
Maintaining court records
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
CHAPTER 2 Services Provided
This chapter covers the delivery of local government services and the types of services provided.
Ways of providing a service include: A. Own-government provided directly by the government B. Authority provided through a local government authority C. Other government agreement with other local government(s) D. Private contracted with private provider E. Available service available but not through local government F. NP service not available
Types of services provided include: Animal Control Building Inspection Building Permits Construction and Code Enforcement Emergency Medical Services Emergency 911 Fire Protection Health Screening Services Jail Law Enforcement Planning Public Hospital Public Transit Senior Citizen Program
Wastewater Collection Wastewater Treatment Water Distribution Water Supply Water Treatment
Department of Community Affairs
Section 2.a: Services Provided - Summary of Data
Number providing services directly
Number Group reporting
A
24
B
16
C
33
D
32
E
19
F
27
Total
151
Animal control
#
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22
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26
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16
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7
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3
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89
58.9%
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#
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21
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14
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28
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26
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14
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16
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119
78.8%
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#
%
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14
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31
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27
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25
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#
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32
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27
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15
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20
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130
86.1%
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#
%
11
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9
56.3%
21
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20
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12
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18
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91
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#
%
22
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14
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31
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31
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8
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10
37.0%
116
76.8%
Fire protection
#
%
21
87.5%
11
68.8%
24
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22
68.8%
13
68.4%
20
74.1%
111
73.5%
Health screening services
#
%
5
20.8%
1
6.3%
11
33.3%
4
12.5%
3
15.8%
5
18.5%
29
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Jail
#
%
24 100.0%
16 100.0%
33 100.0%
32 100.0%
15
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17
63.0%
137 90.7%
Section 2.a - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 2.a: Governmental Services Provided
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Method of providing services
Animal control
Building inspection
Building permits
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Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn Gordon
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Health
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screening
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protection
services
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 2.a: Governmental Services Provided
County
Population Group B Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens Sumter Tattnall
Method of providing services
Animal control
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enforcement
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Health
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screening
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protection
services
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 2.a: Governmental Services Provided
County
Population Group C Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether Mitchell Morgan Pierce
Method of providing services
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enforcement
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NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Private Own govt. Own govt.
Private Authority Private Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Private Private Authority Own govt. Own govt. Private Own govt.
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Health
Emergency
Fire
screening
911
protection
services
Jail
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Available Own govt. Other govt. Own govt.
Private Available Available Own govt.
NP Own govt. Available
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Other govt. Available Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt.
Private Own govt.
Private Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Available Other govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Private Own govt. Own govt.
Authority Private Available
NP NP NP Available Available NP Authority Available Own govt. Available Available Own govt. NP NP Own govt. Authority NP Available Authority Available Available Available Available
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 2.a: Governmental Services Provided
Method of providing services
County
Population Group D Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
Animal control
NP Own govt.
Private NP
Own govt. Own govt.
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
NP Other govt. Other govt.
NP Own govt. Available
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Private Own govt.
NP Own govt.
NP Other govt. Own govt.
Private Private
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch Echols County Georgetown-Quitman Glascock
NP NP Available Own govt. NP NP
Building inspection
Own govt. Own govt.
NP Available Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. NP
Private Private Own govt.
NP
Building permits
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP
Construction and code
enforcement
Own govt. Own govt.
NP NP Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Private Own govt.
NP
Emergency medical services
Private Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority
Private
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Available Own govt. Authority Authority Own govt. Own govt.
Private Private Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Private Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Private Own govt. Authority
Private Own govt. Other govt.
Health
Emergency
Fire
screening
911
protection
services
Jail
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt.
Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Private Available Own govt. Available Available Available
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Other govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Other govt. Authority Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Authority Authority Other govt. Authority Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt.
Other govt. Other govt. Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Available Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt. Authority Available Authority Available Available Available Available Available
Private Own govt. Available Authority Available Own govt. Authority Available Other govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Private Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Available Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Authority Authority Authority Other govt. Other govt. Other govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt.
Available Other govt. Authority Other govt. Available Other govt.
Own govt. NP
Own govt. Other govt.
Private Other govt.
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 2.a: Governmental Services Provided
County
Population Group F Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Method of providing services
Animal control
Building inspection
Building permits
Construction and code
enforcement
Emergency medical services
NP NP Other govt. NP NP NP NP NP NP NP Own govt. NP Own govt. NP Available NP Other govt. NP NP NP NP
Own govt. Own govt.
NP NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. NP NP NP NP
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Available
NP Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Private Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt.
Private Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Private Private
Health
Emergency
Fire
screening
911
protection
services
Jail
Own govt. Own govt. Other govt.
NP Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Other govt. Other govt. Authority Own govt. Authority
NP Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Authority Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Available Own govt. Other govt. Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt.
Available Own govt. Own govt. Authority Available
NP Other govt. Other govt. Available Own govt. Other govt.
NP Available Own govt. Own govt. Available Authority Available Available
NP Available
Own govt. Private
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Available Own govt. Own govt.
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 2.b: Services Provided - Summary of Data
Number providing services directly
Number Group reporting
A
24
B
16
C
33
D
32
E
19
F
27
Total 151
Law
enforcement
#
%
23 95.8%
16 100.0%
33 100.0%
32 100.0%
19 100.0%
27 100.0%
150 99.3%
Planning
#
%
22 91.7%
13 81.3%
26
78.8%
21
65.6%
15
78.9%
15
55.6%
112 74.2%
Public hospital
#
%
2
8.3%
2
12.5%
3
9.1%
3
9.4%
0
0.0%
2
7.4%
12
7.9%
Public transit
#
%
Senior citizen program
#
%
11 45.8% 16 66.7%
3 18.8%
9
56.3%
12 36.4% 15 45.5%
13 40.6% 21 65.6%
6 31.6% 10 52.6%
10 37.0% 17 63.0%
55 36.4% 88 58.3%
Wastewater collection
#
%
10 41.7%
0
0.0%
2
6.1%
0
0.0%
1
5.3%
1
3.7%
14
9.3%
Wastewater treatment
#
%
10 41.7%
2
12.5%
3
9.1%
3
9.4%
0
0.0%
2
7.4%
20 13.2%
Water distribution
#
%
13 54.2%
4
25.0%
11 33.3%
5
15.6%
1
5.3%
10 37.0%
44 29.1%
Water supply
#
%
12 50.0%
3
18.8%
8
24.2%
4
12.5%
1
5.3%
9
33.3%
37 24.5%
Water treatment
#
%
Number providing services on a regional basis
#
%
11 45.8% 16 66.7%
3
18.8% 10 62.5%
7
21.2% 13 39.4%
5
15.6% 10 31.3%
1
5.3%
7
36.8%
6
22.2% 14 51.9%
33 21.9% 70 21.9%
Section 2.b - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 2.b: Governmental Services Provided
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn Gordon Jackson
Method of providing services
Law enforcement
Planning
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Public hospital
Available Available Available Available Authority Available Available Authority Own govt. Own govt. Private Available Authority Available Available Available Authority Authority Authority Authority Authority Authority Available Available
Own govt. Available Available Private Available Own govt. Authority Authority Available Available
Public transit
Senior citizen Wastewater
program
collection
Wastewater treatment
Water distribution
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority
NP Authority Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Private Authority Other govt.
NP Own govt. Authority
Private Other govt. Own govt.
NP Private Own govt. Own govt.
Available Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Other govt.
Private Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Private Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Available Authority Own govt. Other govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Authority Own govt. Authority Authority
----Own govt. Authority Own govt. Authority NP Authority Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Authority Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt.
Own govt. Private
Own govt. Authority Authority Other govt. Authority Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Authority
NP Authority Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Authority Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Authority Other govt. Authority Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Authority Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt.
NP NP Available Own govt. Available Authority Available Available Private Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Available Own govt. Authority Available Own govt. Own govt.
--NP NP Other govt. Available --Other govt. Authority Other govt. Authority
Own govt. NP NP
Other govt. Available Own govt. Other govt. Authority Other govt. Authority
Own govt. NP NP
Authority Available Own govt. Own govt. Authority Other govt. Authority
Water supply
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Authority Own govt. Authority Authority Authority Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Authority Own govt. Other govt. Other govt. Own govt. Other govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt.
Own govt. NP NP
Authority Available Other govt. Own govt. Authority Other govt. Other govt.
Water treatment
Does the government provide any of these
services on a regional basis?
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt.
Yes
Other govt.
No
Authority
No
Authority
Yes
Own govt.
No
Authority
Yes
Authority
Yes
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt.
Yes
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Yes
Own govt.
Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
Other govt.
No
Authority
Yes
Own govt.
No
Own govt.
Yes
Authority
Yes
Other govt.
No
Own govt.
Yes
NP
Yes
NP
Yes
Authority
Yes
Available
No
NP
Yes
Own govt.
No
Authority
No
Other govt.
No
Other govt.
Yes
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 2.b: Governmental Services Provided
County
Population Group B Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift
Method of providing services
Law enforcement
Planning
Public hospital
Public transit
Senior citizen Wastewater
program
collection
Wastewater treatment
Water distribution
Water supply
Water treatment
Does the government provide any of these
services on a regional basis?
Own govt.
Other govt.
Authority
Private
Private
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
Yes
Own govt.
Own govt.
Authority
NP
Own govt.
Available
Available
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt.
Own govt.
Available
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Own govt.
Available
Available
Authority
Other govt. Other govt.
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Available
NP
Own govt.
NP
NP
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No
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Own govt.
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Own govt. Other govt. Authority
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Available
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Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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NP
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Authority
Other govt. Other govt.
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
Private
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Own govt.
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No
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No
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Yes
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Available
No
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Own govt.
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Other govt.
Yes
Own govt.
Own govt.
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Private
Available
NP
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NP
NP
No
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Own govt.
NP
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Other govt.
Other govt.
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Available
NP
Other govt.
NP
NP
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No
Own govt.
Other govt.
Authority
NP
Own govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt.
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Authority
NP
Other govt.
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Own govt.
NP
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NP
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No
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Available
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No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Available
Own govt.
Available Other govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt.
No
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Section 2.b: Governmental Services Provided
County
Population Group C Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun
Method of providing services
Law enforcement
Planning
Public hospital
Public transit
Senior citizen Wastewater
program
collection
Wastewater treatment
Water distribution
Water supply
Water treatment
Does the government provide any of these
services on a regional basis?
Own govt.
Own govt.
Available
NP
Available Other govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt.
Yes
Own govt.
NP
Own govt.
Private
Own govt.
---
Other govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Authority
Private
Private
NP
NP
Authority
Authority
Authority
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Authority
Own govt.
Available
Available
Available
Available
Available
Available
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
NP
Own govt.
Available
Available
Available
Available
Available
No
Own govt.
Authority
Authority
NP
Private
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
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Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
No
Own govt.
Private
Authority
NP
Own govt.
NP
NP
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Own govt.
Own govt.
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Available
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Own govt.
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No
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No
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Available
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No
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Yes
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Available
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Yes
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Yes
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Available
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Available
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Other govt. Other govt. Other govt.
Yes
Own govt.
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NP
Own govt.
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Authority
Authority
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No
Own govt.
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Authority
Own govt.
Available
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Yes
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Available
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No
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Own govt.
Available
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No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Available
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Private
Other govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt.
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
Own govt.
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Own govt.
Own govt.
Other govt.
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt.
Own govt.
Available
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Own govt.
Available
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No
Own govt.
NP
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NP
Own govt.
NP
NP
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No
Own govt.
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Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
NP
Other govt. Other govt. Other govt.
No
Own govt.
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Private
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No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Authority
Own govt.
Own govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt.
Yes
Own govt.
Own govt.
Authority
NP
Available
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Yes
Own govt.
Private
Own govt.
Available
NP
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Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Authority
Own govt.
Own govt.
Available
Available
Available
Available
Available
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
Own govt.
Own govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt. Other govt.
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
Authority
Own govt.
Available
Available
Available
Available
Available
Yes
Own govt.
Own govt.
Authority
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
NP
Own govt.
NP
NP
Yes
Own govt.
Own govt.
Available
Own govt.
Own govt.
Available
Available
Authority
Authority
Authority
No
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 2.b: Governmental Services Provided
County
Population Group D Telfair Union Worth
Method of providing services
Law enforcement
Planning
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP NP Available
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt.
Private Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch Echols County Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Other govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Authority
Private Own govt.
Public hospital
Available Available Available
Authority Other govt. Authority Authority
NP NP Authority Other govt. NP Available Private NP Available Available NP Available Available Available Authority
NP NP Authority NP Own govt. NP NP Own govt. Other govt. NP NP
Public transit
Senior citizen Wastewater
program
collection
Wastewater treatment
Water distribution
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
NP
NP
Own govt.
Available
NP
NP
NP
NP
Available
NP
NP
NP
Private Authority Available
NP NP Available Private NP Own govt. NP NP Own govt. Own govt. NP NP Own govt. Available Own govt. Own govt.
Private Own govt.
Private Own govt. Other govt. Available
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Available Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt.
Private Own govt.
NP NP NP NP Own govt. NP NP NP Authority NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP Other govt. NP
NP Available
NP NP NP NP NP NP Authority NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP Other govt. NP
NP NP NP NP Own govt. NP NP NP Authority Authority NP NP NP Private NP NP NP Authority NP
NP Private
NP NP Private NP NP NP Own govt. NP Own govt.
NP Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Other govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
NP NP NP NP --Available Other govt. NP NP NP Other govt.
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NP NP NP NP Own govt. Available Other govt. NP NP NP Other govt.
NP Own govt.
NP Available Own govt. Available Own govt. Own govt.
NP NP Own govt.
Water supply
Water treatment
Does the government provide any of these
services on a regional basis?
NP
NP
No
Available
Available
No
NP
NP
No
NP
NP
No
NP
NP
No
NP
NP
Yes
NP
NP
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Yes
NP
NP
No
NP
NP
No
NP
NP
No
Authority
Authority
Yes
Authority
Authority
No
NP
NP
No
NP
NP
Yes
NP
NP
Yes
Private
Private
No
NP
NP
No
NP
NP
Yes
NP
NP
Yes
Other govt. Other govt.
No
NP
NP
No
NP
NP
Yes
Own govt.
NP
Yes
NP
NP
No
Available
Available
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Yes
Available
Available
No
Other govt. Other govt.
No
NP
NP
No
NP
NP
No
NP
NP
No
Own govt.
Other govt.
No
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 2.b: Governmental Services Provided
County
Population Group F Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Method of providing services
Law enforcement
Planning
Public hospital
Public transit
Senior citizen Wastewater
program
collection
Wastewater treatment
Water distribution
Water supply
Water treatment
Does the government provide any of these
services on a regional basis?
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
NP
Available
NP
NP
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt.
NP
Authority
Available
Available
Available
Available
Available
Available
Available
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
Private
Private
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
Yes
Own govt.
Private
Authority
NP
Available
NP
NP
Authority
Authority
Authority
Yes
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
NP
Other govt.
NP
NP
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt.
Own govt.
Private
Other govt.
Available
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
Yes
Own govt.
Other govt.
NP
NP
Private
NP
NP
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
NP
NP
Own govt.
Other govt.
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt.
Other govt.
NP
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
No
Own govt.
Authority
NP
Own govt.
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
Yes
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
NP
Other govt. Other govt. Other govt.
Yes
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
NP
Own govt.
NP
NP
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt.
Authority
Available
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
Yes
Own govt.
NP
NP
Own govt.
Own govt.
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
No
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
CHAPTER 3 Public Facilities Provided
This chapter covers the types of facilities that a local government may provide to citizens, and methods of managing them.
Ways of providing public facilities include: A. Own-government provided directly by the government B. Authority provided through a local government authority C. Agreement agreement with other local government(s) D. Private contracted with private provider E. Available facility available but not through local government F. Not available facility not available
Types of public facilities provided include: Airport Bicycle, hiking, and/or jogging trails Cemeteries Civic center Correctional institute Golf courses Health clinic Libraries Multi-purpose center/Community center Neighborhood playgrounds/Playground equipment Outdoor courts (basketball, tennis, volleyball, etc) Outdoor fields (baseball, football, soccer, etc.) Parks Recreation center and/or gym Senior citizens center Stadium Swimming pools
Department of Community Affairs
Section 3.a: Public Facilities Provided - Summary of Data
Number providing facility directly
Number Group reporting
A
24
B
16
C
33
D
32
E
19
F
27
Total
151
Airport
#
%
Bicycle, hiking, and/or jogging trails
#
%
4
16.7% 22
91.7%
1
6.3% 12
75.0%
10
30.3% 12
36.4%
4
12.5% 8
25.0%
4
21.1% 6
31.6%
5
18.5% 5
18.5%
28
18.5% 65
43.0%
Cemeteries
#
%
2
8.3%
1
6.3%
1
3.0%
0
0.0%
1
5.3%
1
3.7%
6
4.0%
Civic center
#
%
5
20.8%
3
18.8%
5
15.2%
4
12.5%
2
10.5%
1
3.7%
20
13.2%
Correctional institute
#
%
14
58.3%
8
50.0%
6
18.2%
3
9.4%
3
15.8%
2
7.4%
36
23.8%
Golf courses
#
%
5
20.8%
0
0.0%
2
6.1%
3
9.4%
0
0.0%
1
3.7%
11
7.3%
Health clinic
#
%
4
16.7%
4
25.0%
6
18.2%
6
18.8%
3
15.8%
7
25.9%
30
19.9%
Libraries
#
%
Community center
#
%
12
50.0% 15
6
37.5%
8
9
27.3% 10
8
25.0%
8
5
26.3%
8
10
37.0%
8
50
33.1% 57
62.5% 50.0% 30.3% 25.0% 42.1% 29.6% 37.7%
Neighborhood playgrounds/
equipment
#
%
19
79.2%
12
75.0%
12
36.4%
13
40.6%
7
36.8%
10
37.0%
73
48.3%
Section 3.a - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 3.a: Public Facilities Provided
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn Gordon Jackson
Airport
Biking, hiking, and/or jogging trails
Cemeteries
Civic center
Correctional institute
Authority Authority Authority Agreement Authority Available Authority Authority Own govt. Not avail. Authority Authority Own govt. Available Available Not avail. Own govt. Authority Available Available Authority Authority Own govt. Agreement
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Authority Own govt. Own govt.
Available Own govt. Available Agreement Available Available Authority Not avail. Available Available Own govt. Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Available
Authority Authority Own govt. Agreement Not avail. Available Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Authority Available Agreement Agreement Own govt. Not avail. Authority
Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Available Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt.
Authority Agreement Available Not avail. Available Not avail. Own govt. Authority Authority Authority
Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Available Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Available Own govt.
Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Available
Available Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Available Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Available Available
Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt.
Golf courses
Health clinic
Libraries
Community center
Neighborhood playgrounds/ playground equipment
Available Own govt. Available Agreement Available Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Available Own govt. Available Own govt. Agreement Available Available Available Authority Authority
Private Available Available Available Agreement
Available Available Available Available Available Agreement Available Not avail. Authority Authority Authority Available Own govt. Own govt. Available Available Own govt. Authority Agreement Agreement Own govt. Agreement Available Authority
Available Agreement Agreement Own govt. Available Agreement Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Available Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Authority Own govt. Authority Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Agreement
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Available Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Available Agreement Own govt. Authority
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Available Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Available Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Available Authority Own govt. Own govt.
Available Available Available Not avail. Available Available Available Available Available Available
Own govt. Authority Private Own govt. Available Authority Own govt. Available Agreement Agreement
Agreement Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Private Own govt. Authority Agreement Agreement
Available Own govt. Authority Own govt. Agreement Not avail. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Not avail.
Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 3.a: Public Facilities Provided
County
Population Group B Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift
Airport
Biking, hiking, and/or jogging trails
Cemeteries
Civic center
Correctional institute
Golf courses
Health clinic
Libraries
Community center
Neighborhood playgrounds/ playground equipment
Agreement Available Agreement Authority Available Available
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Available Own govt. Available Available Available Available
Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Own govt. Not avail.
Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Available Own govt.
Available Available Available Not avail. Available Available
Available Own govt. Available
Private Available Authority
Authority Own govt. Own govt. Available Authority Authority
Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Available Own govt. Own govt.
Private Not avail. Not avail. Available Authority Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Authority Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Own govt.
Private Authority Authority Agreement Agreement Authority
Authority Own govt. Available Available Available Agreement Own govt. Not avail. Available Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Available Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Available Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Available Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Agreement Agreement
Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Not avail. Available Available Available Not avail. Own govt. Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Not avail. Available Available Not avail. Agreement Available Available
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Own govt. Available Available Available Available Private Private Not avail. Available Available Available Available Own govt. Available Authority Available Available Available Available Available Available Not avail. Available Agreement Not avail. Available Agreement Available
Authority Available Available Agreement Authority Available Agreement Authority Available Own govt. Own govt. Available Available Own govt. Agreement Available Authority Available Authority Own govt. Available Own govt. Available Not avail. Available Agreement Available Available
Available Own govt. Authority Agreement Agreement Available Agreement Authority Own govt. Available Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Agreement Authority Agreement Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Agreement Authority Agreement Agreement Agreement
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Own govt. Available Available Available Agreement Agreement Own govt. Not avail. Available Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Available Available Agreement Own govt. Available Own govt. Agreement Not avail. Own govt. Agreement Agreement Agreement
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 3.a: Public Facilities Provided
County
Population Group C Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun
Airport
Biking, hiking, and/or jogging trails
Cemeteries
Civic center
Correctional institute
Golf courses
Health clinic
Libraries
Community center
Neighborhood playgrounds/ playground equipment
Available Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail.
Available Available Agreement Own govt. Available
Not avail. Available Available Available Available
Not avail. Own govt. Available Available Not avail.
Not avail. Not avail. Available Available Not avail.
Available Available Available Not avail. Not avail.
Available Own govt. Available Available Available
Agreement Agreement Authority Agreement Agreement
Available Agreement Not avail. Own govt. Own govt.
Available Agreement Available Own govt. Own govt.
Agreement Not avail. Authority Authority Own govt. Authority Own govt. Not avail. Authority Own govt. Not avail. Available Authority Own govt. Agreement Not avail. Authority Authority Authority Available Not avail. Agreement Authority Available Available Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail.
Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Available Agreement Authority Available Available Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Available Not avail. Available Available Own govt. Not avail. Authority Own govt. Available
Agreement Available Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Available Available Not avail. Available Available Available Not avail. Available Available Available Available Available Authority Available Available Available Available Available Available Agreement Available Available Available
Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Agreement Available Available Own govt. Authority Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt.
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Available Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Available Not avail. Available Available Available Not avail. Available Available Not avail. Available Available Agreement Available Available Available Available Not avail. Available Available Available Own govt. Own govt.
Available Available Authority Own govt. Not avail. Agreement Available Not avail. Available Authority Available Authority Available Own govt. Own govt. Available Agreement Available Own govt. Agreement Available Authority Authority Own govt. Available Authority Available Available Own govt.
Private Authority Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Authority Authority Own govt. Authority Agreement Agreement Authority Available Agreement Agreement Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Agreement Agreement Available Own govt. Agreement Authority Authority Available Authority
Own govt. Not avail. Agreement Available Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Agreement Available Own govt. Not avail. Available Authority Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Available Agreement Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail.
Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Available Not avail. Available Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Available Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Authority Agreement Not avail. Available Own govt. Available Own govt. Agreement Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Authority Not avail. Own govt.
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 3.a: Public Facilities Provided
County
Airport
Population Group D Telfair Union Worth
Agreement Available Available
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Own govt. Agreement Authority Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Authority Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Authority Available Not avail. Agreement Authority Not avail. Own govt.
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch Echols County Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln
Not avail. Authority Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail.
Biking, hiking, and/or jogging trails
Not avail. Own govt. Not avail.
Not avail. Agreement Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Available Not avail. Available Own govt. Available Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Authority
Not avail. Own govt. Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Own govt. Not avail.
Cemeteries
Not avail. Available Not avail.
Not avail. Agreement Available Not avail. Own govt. Available Not avail. Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Not avail. Available Agreement Available Available
Not avail. Available Not avail. Available Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Available Agreement Not avail.
Civic center
Correctional institute
Not avail. Own govt. Not avail.
Available Available Not avail.
Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Own govt. Not avail.
Available Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Available Own govt. Own govt. Available
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Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Available Own govt.
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Golf courses
Health clinic
Libraries
Community center
Neighborhood playgrounds/ playground equipment
Not avail. Own govt.
Private
Available Available Authority
Own govt. Available Authority
Own govt. Not avail. Own govt.
Not avail. Not avail. Own govt.
Available Available Available Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Available Not avail. Available Available Available Available
Available Authority Available Available Authority Available Not avail. Authority Authority Available Authority Own govt. Available Own govt. Available Own govt. Authority Available Agreement
Agreement Authority Authority Authority Authority Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Authority Available Authority Own govt. Available Authority Available Own govt. Authority Own govt. Authority
Own govt. Available Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Authority Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Available
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Authority Available Authority Agreement Own govt. Available Available Own govt. Own govt. Available Authority
Agreement Own govt. Agreement Agreement Own govt. Authority Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt.
Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Agreement Available Not avail. Own govt.
Not avail. Not avail. Agreement Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt.
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 3.a: Public Facilities Provided
County
Population Group F Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Airport
Biking, hiking, and/or jogging trails
Cemeteries
Civic center
Correctional institute
Golf courses
Health clinic
Libraries
Community center
Neighborhood playgrounds/ playground equipment
Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Authority Not avail. Authority Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Authority Not avail.
Not avail. Not avail. Agreement Not avail. Agreement Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Own govt.
Available Available Available Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Available
Private Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Available Available
Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail.
Not avail. Own govt. Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail.
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Available Agreement Own govt. Available Own govt.
Private Not avail. Available Own govt. Own govt. Available Authority Available Agreement Available Authority
Agreement Available Own govt. Agreement Agreement Authority Available Available Own govt. Own govt. Authority Authority Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Authority
Available Available Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail.
Private Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail.
Not avail. Own govt. Available Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Authority Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Own govt.
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 3.b: Public Facilities Provided - Summary of Data
Group A B C D E F
Total
Number providing facility directly
Number reporting
Outdoor courts
(basketball, tennis)
#
%
Outdoor fields
(baseball, football)
#
%
24
21
87.5%
22
91.7%
16
13
81.3%
12
75.0%
33
19
57.6%
23
69.7%
32
15
46.9%
18
56.3%
19
7
36.8%
12
63.2%
27
13
48.1%
17
63.0%
151
88
58.3%
104
68.9%
Parks
#
%
21
87.5%
14
87.5%
23
69.7%
24
75.0%
13
68.4%
12
44.4%
107
70.9%
Recreation
center/gym
#
%
21
87.5%
10
62.5%
20
60.6%
17
53.1%
9
47.4%
13
48.1%
90
59.6%
Senior
citizens' center
#
%
9
37.5%
7
43.8%
10
30.3%
12
37.5%
9
47.4%
13
48.1%
60
39.7%
Stadium
#
%
4
16.7%
3
18.8%
0
0.0%
1
3.1%
1
5.3%
0
0.0%
9
6.0%
Swimming pools
#
%
11
45.8%
5
31.3%
10
30.3%
9
28.1%
0
0.0%
1
3.7%
36
23.8%
Number operating
facilities on a
regional basis
#
%
9
37.5%
8
50.0%
11
33.3%
9
28.1%
2
10.5%
7
25.9%
46
30.5%
Summary 3.b - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 3.b: Public Facilities Provided
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn Gordon Jackson
Outdoor courts
Outdoor fields
Parks
Recreation center/gym
Senior citizens center
Stadium
Swimming pools
Does the government provide any of these
facilities on a regional basis?
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Available
Available
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Available
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Available
Available
No
Agreement Agreement Agreement Agreement Agreement Own govt. Agreement
No
Available
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Available
Available
Available
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt.
Available
Own govt.
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
---
Not avail.
Available
Yes
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
---
Available
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
---
Not avail.
Own govt.
No
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
---
Available
Available
No
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
No
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Available
Agreement
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Not avail.
Own govt.
No
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
---
Not avail.
Own govt.
No
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
---
Not avail.
Not avail.
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Not avail.
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Authority
Own govt.
No
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Yes
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Available
Available
No
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
---
Available
Available
No
Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Agreement Agreement Agreement Agreement
No
Authority
Authority
Authority
Authority
Authority
Available
Authority
Yes
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Available
Available
No
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Not avail. Agreement
Yes
Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Agreement Authority Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Available
----Authority Own govt. Agreement --Authority Available Own govt. ---
Not avail. Available Authority Available Available Not avail. Own govt. Available Available Agreement
Own govt. Own govt. Authority Available Agreement Not avail. Authority Own govt. Available Agreement
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Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 3.b: Public Facilities Provided
County
Population Group B Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift
Outdoor courts
Outdoor fields
Parks
Recreation center/gym
Senior citizens center
Stadium
Swimming pools
Does the government provide any of these
facilities on a regional basis?
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Not avail.
Own govt.
Yes
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Available
No
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Available
Agreement
Yes
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
No
Own govt.
Available
Own govt.
Available
---
Available
Available
No
Own govt.
Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt.
Not avail.
No
Own govt. Own govt. Available Agreement Agreement Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Authority Available Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Agreement Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Available Agreement Agreement Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Agreement Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Available Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Agreement Available
Own govt. Own govt. Available Agreement Agreement Available Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Available Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Available Not avail. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Agreement Own govt.
Own govt. -------
Agreement Available Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement
----Own govt. Agreement ----Available Own govt. --Available Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Authority Own govt. Available Available
Not avail. Not avail. Available Available Agreement Available Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Available Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Available Available Not avail. Available Available Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Available Available
Own govt. Not avail. Available Agreement Agreement Available Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Available Available Available Available Available Own govt. Not avail. Available Own govt. Available Agreement Own govt.
Page 3.b - 2
No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 3.b: Public Facilities Provided
County
Population Group C Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun
Outdoor courts
Outdoor fields
Parks
Recreation center/gym
Senior citizens center
Stadium
Swimming pools
Does the government provide any of these
facilities on a regional basis?
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Available
Available
Not avail.
No
Agreement Agreement Own govt. Own govt.
---
Available Agreement
Yes
Available
Own govt.
Available
Own govt.
Private
Available
Own govt.
No
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Available
Available
Own govt.
No
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
---
Not avail.
Own govt.
No
Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Available Own govt. Available Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Authority Agreement Agreement Authority Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Agreement Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Not avail. Own govt. Available
Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Authority Own govt. Agreement Authority Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Agreement Available Own govt. Own govt. Authority Authority Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Authority Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Available Not avail. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Available Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Agreement Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Available Own govt. Own govt.
Own govt. ---
Own govt. Own govt.
------Own govt. --Private Own govt. --Private Own govt. Available ------Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Available Available Own govt. Own govt. Agreement --Own govt.
Available Available Agreement Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Available Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Available Agreement Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Available Not avail. Available Not avail. Available
Own govt. Not avail. Agreement Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Available Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Agreement Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Available Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt.
Page 3.b - 3
Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 3.b: Public Facilities Provided
County
Population Group D Telfair Union Worth
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch Echols County Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln
Outdoor courts
Outdoor fields
Parks
Recreation center/gym
Authority Own govt. Authority
Authority Own govt. Authority
Own govt. Own govt. Authority
Authority Own govt. Agreement
Agreement Not avail. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Available Agreement Authority Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Authority Not avail. Available Own govt. Own govt. Authority
Agreement Not avail. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority
Not avail. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Available Agreement Authority Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Authority
Agreement Agreement Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Agreement Authority Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Authority Own govt. Available Own govt. Own govt. Authority
Not avail. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Not avail. Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Not avail. Own govt. Agreement Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Available Own govt. Own govt.
Not avail. Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt. Available Own govt. Not avail. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
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Senior citizens center
--Available Authority
Own govt. Own govt.
Private Own govt. Own govt. Available Not avail. Authority Own govt.
----Own govt. Available ----Own govt. Agreement Own govt. Own govt.
Not avail. Own govt.
Private Own govt.
--Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
--Own govt.
Stadium
Not avail. Available Not avail.
Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Authority Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Agreement Own govt. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Available Available Not avail. Authority
Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail.
Swimming pools
Not avail. Own govt. Not avail.
Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Agreement Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail.
Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Not avail. Own govt.
Does the government provide any of these
facilities on a regional basis?
No Yes No
Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 3.b: Public Facilities Provided
County
Population Group F Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Outdoor courts
Outdoor fields
Parks
Recreation center/gym
Senior citizens center
Stadium
Swimming pools
Does the government provide any of these
facilities on a regional basis?
Own govt. Own govt.
Available
Not avail.
Available
Not avail.
Not avail.
Yes
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Available
Available
Not avail.
Not avail.
No
Available
Available
Own govt. Available
---
Not avail.
Not avail.
No
Agreement Own govt. Not avail.
Available
Available
Available Agreement
Yes
Not avail. Agreement Agreement Own govt. Agreement Not avail.
Not avail.
No
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Authority
Not avail.
Not avail.
Yes
Not avail.
Not avail.
Not avail.
Not avail. Own govt.
Not avail.
Not avail.
No
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
---
Not avail.
Not avail.
No
Own govt.
Not avail.
Available Own govt. Own govt.
Not avail.
Available
No
Available
Own govt. Own govt. Own govt. Own govt.
Not avail.
Not avail.
No
Authority
Authority
Authority
Authority
Own govt.
Authority
Not avail.
No
Not avail.
Own govt.
Not avail. Own govt.
Not avail.
Not avail.
Not avail.
No
Agreement Agreement Not avail. Agreement Own govt. Agreement Not avail.
No
Not avail.
Not avail.
Own govt. Own govt.
---
Not avail.
Not avail.
Yes
Own govt.
Authority
Available
Authority
Own govt.
Not avail.
Not avail.
Yes
Agreement Own govt. Own govt. Not avail.
---
Not avail.
Not avail.
No
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
CHAPTER 4 Planning, Zoning and Development Procedures
Governments use planning and zoning mainly to control growth in an area, protect the character of neighborhoods, and ensure efficient and effective service delivery.
Specific items covered in this chapter: Presence of a planning commission Zoning ordinance Including official responsible for the zoning ordinance Comprehensive Plan Review and amendments to comprehensive plan Variance and special exceptions When government policymakers grant a property owner a use for their property other than that for which it is zoned. Use of codes and ordinances Local governments pass regulatory codes for the purposes of managing growth, protecting the environment, and promoting public safety and welfare. Use of impact fees Impact fees are intended as a mechanism for growth to pay for itself. Local governments charge developers these fees, and the funds are earmarked for specific purposes based on the assessment method.
Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.a: Planning, Zoning and Development Procedures - Summary of Data
Number Group reporting
A
24
B
16
C
33
D
32
E
19
F
27
Total
151
Number with planning
commission
#
%
23
95.8%
16
100.0%
26
78.8%
25
78.1%
15
78.9%
18
66.7%
123
81.5%
Number with zoning
ordinance
#
%
24
100.0%
16
100.0%
22
66.7%
21
65.6%
12
63.2%
16
59.3%
111
73.5%
Number with zoning administrator
having primary responsibility for
administering zoning ordinance
#
%
6
25.0%
4
25.0%
11
33.3%
9
28.1%
6
31.6%
8
29.6%
44
29.1%
Number with zoning board having final
decision on variances in zoning
process
#
%
8
33.3%
4
25.0%
2
6.1%
1
3.1%
0
0.0%
2
7.4%
17
11.3%
Number with planning director
maintaining comprehensive
plan
#
%
16
66.7%
8
50.0%
3
9.1%
3
9.4%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
30
19.9%
Number reviewing comprehensive plan in rezoning process
#
%
24
100.0%
15
93.8%
20
60.6%
20
62.5%
9
47.4%
13
48.1%
101
66.9%
Number amending comprehensive plan
for changes in zoning
#
%
7
29.2%
5
31.3%
3
9.1%
4
12.5%
1
5.3%
5
18.5%
25
16.6%
Section 4.a - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.a: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd
Does government
have a planning commission?
Does government have a zoning ordinance?
Entity with primary responsibility for zoning ordinance?
Entity with final decision on
variances in zoning process?
Entity with responsibility for maintaining and
revising comprehensive plan?
Comprehensive plan reviewed in rezoning
process?
Comprehensive plan amended for changes
in zoning?
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Other
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Plan commission
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
Mgr/Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Plan commission
Zoning Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Board zoning appeal
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Board zoning appeal
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
C.D. Director
Board zoning appeal
C.D. Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Other
Zoning Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Board zoning appeal
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
No
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Plan commission
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Board zoning appeal
C.D. Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Plan commission
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Board zoning appeal
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Plan commission
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Board zoning appeal
Mgr/Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
C.D. Director
Board zoning appeal
C.D. Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Other
Plan Director
Yes
Always Some cases
No Always
No Always
No Always Always
No Some cases
No Some cases Some cases Some cases
No No Always No Some cases Some cases Always Some cases Some cases
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Board zoning appeal
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mgr/Adm
Council/chair
Plan Brd. Chair
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
Zoning Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Board zoning appeal
Plan Director
Yes
Always No
Always Always Always
No No
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.a: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group B Glynn Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens
Does government
have a planning commission?
Does government have a zoning ordinance?
Entity with primary responsibility for zoning ordinance?
Entity with final decision on
variances in zoning process?
Entity with responsibility for maintaining and
revising comprehensive plan?
Comprehensive plan reviewed in rezoning
process?
Comprehensive plan amended for changes
in zoning?
Yes
Yes
C.D. Director
Council/chair
C.D. Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Plan commission
Mgr/Adm
No
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Board zoning appeal
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Council/chair
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
C.D. Director
Council/chair
C.D. Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Board zoning appeal
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
Mgr/Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Some cases ---
Some cases Some cases
Always Some cases Some cases Some cases Some cases
Yes
No
---
Council/chair
Mgr/Adm
No
Yes
Yes
Other
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
No
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Council/chair
Mgr/Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Council/chair
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
No
No
---
---
Mgr/Adm
No
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
No
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
Zoning Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Board zoning appeal
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
Mgr/Adm
Yes
--Some cases
--Some cases
Always --No ---
Some cases Some cases Some cases
--Some cases
--Some cases
--No Some cases Some cases No --Some cases
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.a: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group C Polk Stephens Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson
Does government
have a planning commission?
Does government have a zoning ordinance?
Entity with primary responsibility for zoning ordinance?
Entity with final decision on
variances in zoning process?
Entity with responsibility for maintaining and
revising comprehensive plan?
Comprehensive plan reviewed in rezoning
process?
Comprehensive plan amended for changes
in zoning?
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
No
No
Mgr/Adm
Council/chair
Mgr/Adm
No
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Board zoning appeal
Mgr/Adm
Yes
No
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
No
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Plan commission
Zoning Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
Plan Director
No
No
No
---
---
Mgr/Adm
No
Yes
Yes
C.D. Director
Council/chair
C.D. Director
Yes
Some cases ---
Some cases ---
Always Some cases
--No ----Always
Yes
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
C.D. Director
Council/chair
C.D. Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
Mgr/Adm
Yes
Yes
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Plan commission
RDC
Yes
Yes
No
---
---
Bldg. Insp.
No
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Other
Zoning Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
No
Yes
Plan Director
Board zoning appeal
RDC
Yes
No
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
C.D. Director
Plan commission
Plan Director
Yes
No
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
No
---
---
RDC
No
No
No
---
---
Mgr/Adm
No
Yes
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Other
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
No
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Plan Brd. Chair
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
--Some cases Some cases Some cases
--Always
--Some cases Some cases Some cases
--Always
--------No Always --Some cases
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.a: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group D Lamar McDuffie Meriwether Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Does government
have a planning commission?
Does government have a zoning ordinance?
Entity with primary responsibility for zoning ordinance?
Entity with final decision on
variances in zoning process?
Entity with responsibility for maintaining and
revising comprehensive plan?
Comprehensive plan reviewed in rezoning
process?
Comprehensive plan amended for changes
in zoning?
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
Zoning Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Other
Zoning Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
Plan Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
C.D. Director
Council/chair
---
No
Yes
Yes
C.D. Director
Other
Zoning Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
Zoning Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
---
No
No
No
---
---
RDC
Yes
No
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
RDC
Council/chair
---
Yes
Some cases Some cases Some cases
No Always
--No Some cases --No --Some cases
Yes
No
---
---
RDC
No
No
No
Bldg. Insp.
Council/chair
RDC
No
Yes
No
---
---
Mgr/Adm
No
No
No
---
---
Mgr/Adm
No
Yes
Yes
Mgr/Adm
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Plan commission
RDC
No
Yes
No
---
---
Mgr/Adm
No
No
No
Other
Other
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
Zoning Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Brd. Chair
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Plan commission
Mgr/Adm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
No
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Council/chair
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Other
RDC
No
Yes
No
---
---
---
No
Yes
Yes
Other
Plan commission
RDC
Yes
--------Some cases ------Some cases Some cases Some cases Some cases No Always Some cases ------Some cases
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.a: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group E
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Does government
have a planning commission?
Does government have a zoning ordinance?
Entity with primary responsibility for zoning ordinance?
Entity with final decision on
variances in zoning process?
Entity with responsibility for maintaining and
revising comprehensive plan?
Comprehensive plan reviewed in rezoning
process?
Comprehensive plan amended for changes
in zoning?
Yes
No
---
Plan commission
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Other
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mgr/Adm
Council/chair
RDC
No
No
No
---
---
---
No
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Board zoning appeal
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Board zoning appeal
Zoning Adm
No
No
No
---
---
RDC
No
No
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Council/chair
Bldg. Insp.
Yes
No
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
No
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bldg. Insp.
Council/chair
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
No
No
---
---
RDC
No
Yes
Yes
Zoning admin
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plan Director
Council/chair
RDC
Yes
No
No
---
---
Mgr/Adm
No
Yes
No
---
---
RDC
No
No
No
Mgr/Adm
---
Mgr/Adm
No
--Some cases Some cases
----Always ------No Some cases Some cases --Always --Some cases --No Some cases Always --Always Always -------
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.b: Planning, Zoning and Development Procedures - Summary of Data
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
24 16 33 32 19 27 151
Number of governments adopting the following codes:
New construction
code
#
%
Existing building code
#
%
Electrical code
#
%
24 100.0% 20
16 100.0% 14
29 87.9% 24
25 78.1% 23
14 73.7% 12
17 63.0%
8
125 82.8% 101
83.3% 87.5% 72.7% 71.9% 63.2% 29.6% 66.9%
24 100.0% 16 100.0% 29 87.9% 26 81.3% 16 84.2% 14 51.9% 125 82.8%
Fire prevention
#
%
23 95.8%
15 93.8%
26 78.8%
23 71.9%
10 52.6%
7
25.9%
104 68.9%
Flood damage prevention
#
%
22 91.7%
14 87.5%
23 69.7%
26 81.3%
14 73.7%
9
33.3%
108 71.5%
Housing code
#
%
14 58.3% 9 56.3% 14 42.4% 16 50.0% 7 36.8% 8 29.6% 68 45.0%
Plumbing code
#
%
24 100.0% 16 100.0% 29 87.9% 25 78.1% 14 73.7% 13 48.1% 121 80.1%
Unsafe building abatement
#
%
23 95.8%
11 68.8%
21 63.6%
16 50.0%
8
42.1%
9
33.3%
88 58.3%
Other
#
%
4 16.7%
1
6.3%
3
9.1%
4 12.5%
2 10.5%
2
7.4%
16 10.6%
Number not adopting any
of the named codes
#
%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
4
12.1%
2
6.3%
1
5.3%
9
33.3%
16 10.6%
Section 4.b - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.b: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
Which of the following codes has the jurisdiction adopted?
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd
New construction
code
Existing building code Electrical code
Fire prevention
code
Flood damage prevention code
Housing code Plumbing code
Unsafe building abatement
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Government has not adopted
(specified) any of the preceeding codes
---
---
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
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---
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Yes
---
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.b: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
Which of the following codes has the jurisdiction adopted?
County
Population Group B Glynn Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens
New construction
code
Existing building code Electrical code
Fire prevention
code
Flood damage prevention code
Housing code Plumbing code
Unsafe building abatement
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Other
Government has not adopted
(specified) any of the preceeding codes
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
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---
---
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---
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.b: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
Which of the following codes has the jurisdiction adopted?
County
Population Group C Polk Stephens Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson
New construction
code
Existing building code Electrical code
Fire prevention
code
Flood damage prevention code
Housing code Plumbing code
Unsafe building abatement
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
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---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
---
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---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
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Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
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Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
---
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Yes
---
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Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
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Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
---
Yes
---
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Yes
---
Yes
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---
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---
Yes
Yes
---
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Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Government has not adopted
(specified) any of the preceeding codes
---
---
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---
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---
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---
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.b: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
Which of the following codes has the jurisdiction adopted?
County
Population Group D Lamar McDuffie Meriwether Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
New construction
code
Existing building code Electrical code
Fire prevention
code
Flood damage prevention code
Housing code Plumbing code
Unsafe building abatement
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
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Yes
Yes
Yes
---
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Yes
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Yes
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Population Group E
Bacon
---
---
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Bleckley
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Candler
---
---
---
---
Yes
---
---
---
Charlton
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Cusseta-Chattahoochee
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Dooly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Early
---
---
---
---
Yes
---
---
---
Evans
---
---
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Heard
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Jasper
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Lanier
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
---
Long
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Macon
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
---
McIntosh
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Oglethorpe
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
Pulaski
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Screven
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Towns
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Wilkes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
---
Other
Government has not adopted
(specified) any of the preceeding codes
---
---
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---
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.b: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
Which of the following codes has the jurisdiction adopted?
County
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
New construction
code
Existing building code Electrical code
Fire prevention
code
Flood damage prevention code
Housing code Plumbing code
Unsafe building abatement
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.c: Planning, Zoning and Development Procedures - Summary of Data Number of governments adopting the following ordinances
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
24 16 33 32 19 27 151
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10.5%
1
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Landscape ordinance
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16 100.0%
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71.9%
11
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9
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105 69.5%
Sign control ordinance
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16 100.0%
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27
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20
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Subdivision regulations
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5
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Tree ordinances
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16 100.0%
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None of the preceeding ordinances have been adopted
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Section 4.c - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.c: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group A
Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B
Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd
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ordinance
Landscape ordinance
Sign control ordinance
Subdivision regulations
Tree ordinance
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.c: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group B
Glynn Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C
Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens
Which of the following ordinances has the local government adopted?
Historic preservation
ordinance
Landscape ordinance
Sign control ordinance
Subdivision regulations
Tree ordinance
Zoning code
Infill development
incentives
Government has not adopted any of the preceeding ordinances
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.c: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group C
Polk Stephens Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D
Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson
Which of the following ordinances has the local government adopted?
Historic preservation
ordinance
Landscape ordinance
Sign control ordinance
Subdivision regulations
Tree ordinance
Zoning code
Infill development
incentives
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.c: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group D
Lamar McDuffie Meriwether Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
Which of the following ordinances has the local government adopted?
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ordinance
Landscape ordinance
Sign control ordinance
Subdivision regulations
Tree ordinance
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.c: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group E
Population Group F
Atkinson Clay Clinch Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Which of the following ordinances has the local government adopted?
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Sign control ordinance
Subdivision regulations
Tree ordinance
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.d: Planning, Zoning and Development Procedures - Summary of Data
Number Group reporting
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Total
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Number applying impact fees to the following services:
Number requiring developers to pay impact fees
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6 100.0% 5 83.3%
4 100.0% 5 125.0%
2 100.0% 3 150.0%
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Section 4.d - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.d: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd
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Has government taken any action towards implementing impact
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County
Population Group B Glynn Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens
Are developers required to pay impact fees
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.d: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group C Polk Stephens Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.d: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group D Lamar McDuffie Meriwether Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Are developers required to pay impact fees
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 4.d: Planning, Development and Zoning Procedures
County
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Are developers required to pay impact fees
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CHAPTER 5 Financial Management Practices
This chapter covers aspects of a local government's finances including financial administration, budgeting, and use of revenue options.
Specific items covered in this chapter: Preparation and approval of annual operating budget For governments with an annual operating budget, either the finance officer, elected or appointed executive, city/county clerk, or a combination is responsible for preparing the budget. Presence of a full-time finance director Type of finance software used Existence of capital budget This budget is prepared by some governments to account for the acquisition of equipment and construction of facilities over a period of time, separate from the annual operating budget. Financial policies For some governments there are written policies to govern investment activities and interfund transfers. Types of special tax districts Special tax districts allow cities to collect a tax for services directly benefiting the district such as sanitation, drainage and storm water, sewerage, street lighting, street construction, police and fire. Distribution of local option sales tax (LOST) State law allows a county and cities within the county jointly to levy a 1 percent sale and use tax. There are several ways of distributing the tax proceeds among cities within a county. Collection and use of special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) State law also allows adoption of a special local option sales tax for any of the specified purposes in statute. Assessment and collection of occupation tax, regulatory fees and user fees Governments may levy taxes on occupations according to state law. The allowable assessment methods include a fixed fee, or an assessment based on number of employees, gross receipts, and profitability ratios.
Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.a: Financial Management Practices - Summary of Data
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
24 16 33 32 19 26 150
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Section 5.a - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.a: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham
By law, what entity serves as the budget officer for the government?
Mgr/admin Finance director Finance director Finance director
CEO Finance director
Mgr/admin Finance director Budget director
Mgr/admin CEO
Finance director Finance director Finance director
Mgr/admin Budget committee
Budget director Finance director Budget director
Mgr/admin CEO
Finance director Finance director Finance director
Finance director Mgr/admin
Finance director Finance director
Mgr/admin Mgr/admin
What entity has responsibility for preparing annual operating budget?
Does government have full-time
finance director?
Does government have comprehensive
capital budget for major fixed
assets?
What is the time frame of the capital
budget plan?
Does government have written
investment plan to govern investment
activities?
CEO
Yes
Finance director
Yes
Finance director
Yes
Finance director
Yes
Other
Yes
Mgr/admin
Yes
Mgr/admin
Yes
Finance director
Yes
Budget director
Yes
Mgr/admin
Yes
Finance director
Yes
Finance director
Yes
Finance director
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.a: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group B Floyd Glynn Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee
By law, what entity serves as the budget officer for the government?
What entity has responsibility for preparing annual operating budget?
Does government have full-time
finance director?
Does government have comprehensive
capital budget for major fixed
assets?
What is the time frame of the capital
budget plan?
Does government have written
investment plan to govern investment
activities?
Mgr/admin
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Yes
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Yes
Finance director
Mgr/admin
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Finance director
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Finance director
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Finance director
Yes
CEO
No
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No
Mgr/admin
Yes
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Yes
Budget committee
Yes
Mgr/admin
Yes
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Yes
Other
No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.a: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group C Peach Pickens Polk Stephens Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin
By law, what entity serves as the budget officer for the government?
What entity has responsibility for preparing annual operating budget?
Does government have full-time
finance director?
Does government have comprehensive
capital budget for major fixed
assets?
What is the time frame of the capital
budget plan?
Does government have written
investment plan to govern investment
activities?
Mgr/admin
Mgr/admin
No
Finance director
Finance director
Yes
Mgr/admin
Mgr/admin
Yes
Finance director
Finance director
Yes
Mgr/admin
Mgr/admin
Yes
Staff committee
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
Mgr/admin
Yes
Mgr/admin
Finance director
Yes
Mgr/admin
Mgr/admin
No
Budget committee
Budget committee
No
Mgr/admin
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No
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Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
Finance director
Yes
Yes
Five years
Yes
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CEO Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Finance director Mgr/admin
CEO Mgr/admin
Mgr/admin
No
Finance director
Yes
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No
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No
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
Yes
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
Yes
Finance director
Yes
Finance director
Yes
CEO
Yes
Mgr/admin
No
Budget committee
Yes
Mgr/admin
No
Finance director
Yes
Mgr/admin
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.a: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group D Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe
By law, what entity serves as the budget officer for the government?
Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin
Other Budget committee
CEO Finance director
CEO CEO Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin CEO Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Finance director Mgr/admin Mgr/admin CEO
What entity has responsibility for preparing annual operating budget?
Does government have full-time
finance director?
Does government have comprehensive
capital budget for major fixed
assets?
What is the time frame of the capital
budget plan?
Does government have written
investment plan to govern investment
activities?
Mgr/admin
Yes
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
Yes
Mgr/admin
Yes
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
Yes
Other
Yes
Mgr/admin
Yes
Finance director
Yes
Finance director
No
Budget committee
No
CEO
Yes
Finance director
Yes
No
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No
Yes
Five years
No
No
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No
No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
Yes
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No
Yes
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No
Yes
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Yes
No
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No
No
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No
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No
No
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No
No
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No
Clerk
No
CEO
Yes
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
No
Finance director
Yes
Finance director
Yes
Mgr/admin
No
Finance director
Yes
Mgr/admin
Yes
Mgr/admin
Yes
CEO
No
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Five years
No
Yes
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.a: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group E Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
By law, what entity serves as the budget officer for the government?
CEO Mgr/admin
CEO Mgr/admin
CEO Mgr/admin
CEO Mgr/admin
Clerk Budget committee
CEO Mgr/admin Mgr/admin
CEO Budget committee Budget committee
Mgr/admin Clerk Clerk
Budget committee Clerk
Mgr/admin CEO
Mgr/admin Mgr/admin Mgr/admin
CEO CEO CEO Mgr/admin
What entity has responsibility for preparing annual operating budget?
Does government have full-time
finance director?
Does government have comprehensive
capital budget for major fixed
assets?
What is the time frame of the capital
budget plan?
Does government have written
investment plan to govern investment
activities?
CEO
No
No
---
No
Mgr/admin
Yes
No
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No
CEO
Yes
No
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No
Mgr/admin
No
Yes
Five years
No
CEO
No
Mgr/admin
No
Clerk
No
Mgr/admin
Yes
Clerk
No
CEO
No
Staff committee
No
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
No
CEO
Yes
Budget committee
No
Finance director
Yes
Mgr/admin
No
CEO
No
Clerk
No
Mgr/admin
No
Clerk
No
Mgr/admin
No
CEO
No
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
No
Mgr/admin
No
Other
No
CEO
No
Clerk
No
Mgr/admin
No
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.a: Financial Management Practices
County Population Group F
By law, what entity serves as the budget officer for the government?
What entity has responsibility for preparing annual operating budget?
Does government have full-time
finance director?
Does government have comprehensive
capital budget for major fixed
assets?
What is the time frame of the capital
budget plan?
Does government have written
investment plan to govern investment
activities?
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.b: Financial Management Practices - Summary of Data
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
24 16 33 32 19 26 150
Number with written interfund transfer policy
#
%
19
79.2%
6
37.5%
7
21.2%
11
34.4%
4
21.1%
2
7.7%
49
32.7%
Number applying transfer policy to following types of interfund transfers:
water and sewer fund
#
%
solid waste fund
#
%
electric utility fund
#
%
gas utility fund
#
%
12
63.2%
13
68.4%
0
3
50.0%
5
83.3%
0
5
71.4%
7
100.0%
0
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27.3%
6
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0.0%
1
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%
16
84.2%
5
83.3%
8
114.3%
7
63.6%
2
50.0%
2
100.0%
40
2.0%
special revenue fund
#
%
14
73.7%
6
100.0%
8
114.3%
11 100.0%
4
100.0%
2
100.0%
45
91.8%
other
#
%
5
26.3%
4
66.7%
1
14.3%
2
18.2%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
12
24.5%
Section 5.b - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.b: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn
Government have written transfer policy to govern
interfund transfers?
If the government has a written transfer policy, does it apply to the following funds?
Water and sewer fund
Solid waste fund
Electric utility fund
Gas utility fund
Capital
Special
project fund revenue fund
Other funds
Yes
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.b: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group B Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens
Government have written transfer policy to govern
interfund transfers?
If the government has a written transfer policy, does it apply to the following funds?
Water and sewer fund
Solid waste fund
Electric utility fund
Gas utility fund
Capital
Special
project fund revenue fund
Other funds
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.b: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group C Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether
Government have written transfer policy to govern
interfund transfers?
If the government has a written transfer policy, does it apply to the following funds?
Water and sewer fund
Solid waste fund
Electric utility fund
Gas utility fund
Capital
Special
project fund revenue fund
Other funds
Yes
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.b: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group D Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch
Government have written transfer policy to govern
interfund transfers?
If the government has a written transfer policy, does it apply to the following funds?
Water and sewer fund
Solid waste fund
Electric utility fund
Gas utility fund
Capital
Special
project fund revenue fund
Yes
---
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.b: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group F Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Government have written transfer policy to govern
interfund transfers?
If the government has a written transfer policy, does it apply to the following funds?
Water and sewer fund
Solid waste fund
Electric utility fund
Gas utility fund
Capital
Special
project fund revenue fund
Other funds
No
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.c: Financial Management Practices - Summary of Data
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
24 16 33 32 19 26 150
Number with special tax districts
#
%
20
83.3%
10
62.5%
11
33.3%
8
25.0%
2
10.5%
3
11.5%
54
36.0%
If special tax districts are available, how are these taxes used?
business improvement
districts
#
%
community improvement
districts
#
%
downtown improvement
#
%
5
25.0%
3
15.0%
0
0.0%
3
30.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
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1
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7
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0
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3
5.6%
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#
%
1
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0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
1.9%
fire
#
%
14
70.0%
10
100.0%
4
36.4%
7
87.5%
2
100.0%
1
33.3%
38
70.4%
police
#
%
3
15.0%
2
20.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
5
9.3%
If special tax districts are available, how are the taxes used?
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
24 16 33 32 19 26 150
sanitation
#
%
0
0.0%
3
30.0%
2
18.2%
3
37.5%
1
50.0%
1
33.3%
10
18.5%
sewerage
#
%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
9.1%
1
12.5%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
2
3.7%
street lighting
#
%
12
60.0%
6
60.0%
3
27.3%
1
12.5%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
22
40.7%
tax increment financing
#
%
5
25.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
5
9.3%
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#
%
5
25.0%
4
40.0%
9
81.8%
2
25.0%
0
0.0%
1
33.3%
21
38.9%
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.c: Financial Management Practices
County
If the government has special tax districts, how are the taxes used?
Government
business
community
have special improvement improvement downtown drainage and
tax districts?
district
districts
improvement
sewage
fire
Population Group A
Athens-Clarke
Yes
---
---
Yes
---
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Augusta/Richmond
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Bartow
No
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Bibb
Yes
---
---
---
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Yes
Carroll
Yes
---
---
---
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Yes
Chatham
Yes
---
---
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Yes
---
Cherokee
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
Clayton
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Cobb
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
Yes
Columbia
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
Columbus/Muscogee
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
Coweta
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
DeKalb
Yes
Yes
---
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Yes
Douglas
No
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Fayette
Yes
---
---
---
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Yes
Forsyth
Yes
---
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Yes
Fulton
Yes
Yes
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Yes
Gwinnett
Yes
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Yes
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Hall
Yes
---
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Henry
Yes
---
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Houston
Yes
---
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Yes
Lowndes
Yes
---
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Paulding
No
---
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Whitfield
No
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Population Group B
Barrow
No
---
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Bulloch
Yes
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Camden
Yes
---
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Catoosa
No
---
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Dougherty
Yes
---
---
---
Effingham
Yes
---
---
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Floyd
Yes
---
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Glynn
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.c: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group B Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens
If the government has special tax districts, how are the taxes used?
Government
business
community
have special improvement improvement downtown drainage and
tax districts?
district
districts
improvement
sewage
fire
No
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.c: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group C Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether
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County
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Section 5.c: Financial Management Practices
County
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.d: Financial Management Practices - Summary of Data
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.d: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.d: Financial Management Practices
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Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.d: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group C Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether
Does the government receive revenues from a local option sales tax authorized in state law?
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Section 5.d: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group D Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Population Group F Atkinson Clay
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.d: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group F Clinch Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Does the government receive revenues from a local option sales tax authorized in state law?
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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Section 5.e: Financial Management Practices - Summary of Data
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
Number of governments
receiving revenues from special purpose local option
sales tax
#
%
Number adopting special purpose local option sales tax in 2003 or 2004?
Number using proceeds from special purpose local option sales taxes for the following authorized uses:
airport facilities and equipment
#
%
business improvement
district
#
%
civic center or coliseum
#
%
courthouse or administrative
building
#
%
community improvement
district
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%
cultural, recreational or historic facility
#
%
24
19 79.2%
0
16
16 100.0%
0
33
33 100.0%
0
32
32 100.0%
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19
19 100.0%
1
26
26 100.0%
2
150
145 96.7%
3
3 15.8% 3 18.8% 2 6.1% 10 31.3% 2 10.5% 0 0.0% 20 13.8%
2 10.5% 1 6.3% 3 9.1% 4 12.5% 1 5.3% 0 0.0% 11 7.6%
5 26.3% 2 12.5% 1 3.0% 2 6.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 10 6.9%
0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
0 0.0% 16 84.2%
0 0.0% 14 87.5%
1 3.0% 24 72.7%
0 0.0% 26 81.3%
1 5.3% 12 63.2%
0 0.0%
8 30.8%
2 1.4% 100 69.0%
hospital
#
%
jail, correction or detention
facility
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%
landfill or solid waste facility
#
%
0 0.0% 1 6.3% 10 30.3% 8 25.0% 5 26.3% 0 0.0% 24 16.6%
11 57.9% 10 62.5% 14 42.4% 13 40.6% 7 36.8% 10 38.5% 65 44.8%
3 15.8% 2 12.5% 8 24.2% 8 25.0% 4 21.1% 3 11.5% 28 19.3%
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.e: Financial Management Practices
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Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn Gordon
Does the government receive revenues from
a special purpose local option sales tax authorized in state law?
Year in which most recent
SPLOST tax was imposed?
What are the authorized uses for the special purpose local option sales tax?
airport facilities and equipment
business improvement
district
civic center or coliseum
courthouse or admin. building
community improvement
district
cultural, recreational or historic
facility
Yes
2011
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jail, correctional, or detention
facility
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facility
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Population Group B Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens Sumter Tattnall
Does the government receive revenues from
a special purpose local option sales tax authorized in state law?
Year in which most recent
SPLOST tax was imposed?
What are the authorized uses for the special purpose local option sales tax?
airport facilities and equipment
business improvement
district
civic center or coliseum
courthouse or admin. building
community improvement
district
cultural, recreational or historic
facility
hospital
jail, correctional, or detention
facility
landfill or solid waste
facility
Yes
2005
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2008
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Population Group C Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether Mitchell Morgan Pierce
Does the government receive revenues from
a special purpose local option sales tax authorized in state law?
Year in which most recent
SPLOST tax was imposed?
What are the authorized uses for the special purpose local option sales tax?
airport facilities and equipment
business improvement
district
civic center or coliseum
courthouse or admin. building
community improvement
district
cultural, recreational or historic
facility
hospital
jail, correctional, or detention
facility
landfill or solid waste
facility
Yes
2006
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County
Population Group D Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin
Does the government receive revenues from
a special purpose local option sales tax authorized in state law?
Year in which most recent
SPLOST tax was imposed?
What are the authorized uses for the special purpose local option sales tax?
airport facilities and equipment
business improvement
district
civic center or coliseum
courthouse or admin. building
community improvement
district
Yes
2011
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2011
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facility
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jail, correctional, or detention
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landfill or solid waste
facility
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.e: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group F Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Does the government receive revenues from
a special purpose local option sales tax authorized in state law?
Year in which most recent
SPLOST tax was imposed?
What are the authorized uses for the special purpose local option sales tax?
airport facilities and equipment
business improvement
district
civic center or coliseum
courthouse or admin. building
community improvement
district
cultural, recreational or historic
facility
Yes
2008
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2011
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2008
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hospital
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jail, correctional, or detention
facility
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Section 5.f: Financial Management Practices - Summary of Data
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
Number using proceeds from special purpose local option sales taxes for the following authorized uses: (Cont.)
library
retirement of previously
incurred G.O. debt for roads
and streets
roads, streets and bridges
public safety facilities and
capital equipment
tax increment financing
water or sewer
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
24
10 52.6% 1
5.3%
18 94.7% 16 84.2%
0
0.0%
6
31.6%
16
7
43.8% 0
0.0%
16 100.0% 14 87.5%
0
0.0%
12 75.0%
33
13 39.4% 3
9.1%
31 93.9% 29 87.9%
0
0.0%
20 60.6%
32
8
25.0% 2
6.3%
32 100.0% 23 71.9%
0
0.0%
13 40.6%
19
7
36.8% 1
5.3%
17 89.5% 14 73.7%
0
0.0%
4
21.1%
26
4
15.4% 0
0.0%
23 88.5% 14 53.8%
0
0.0%
7
26.9%
150
49 33.8% 7
4.8%
137 94.5% 110 75.9%
0
0.0%
62 42.8%
other purposes
#
%
7
36.8%
6
37.5%
17 51.5%
5
15.6%
7
36.8%
10 38.5%
52 35.9%
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
24 16 33 32 19 26 150
Number receiving revenues from occupation tax
authorized by state law
#
%
21
87.5%
11
68.8%
19
57.6%
16
50.0%
8
42.1%
7
26.9%
82
54.7%
Number using following methods to assess occupation tax:
flat fee
#
%
number of employees
#
%
gross receipts
#
%
5
23.8%
11
52.4%
12
57.1%
4
36.4%
9
81.8%
0
0.0%
12
63.2%
11
57.9%
3
15.8%
4
25.0%
12
75.0%
2
12.5%
3
37.5%
6
75.0%
0
0.0%
3
42.9%
5
71.4%
0
0.0%
31
37.8%
54
65.9%
17
20.7%
profitability ratios
#
%
4
19.0%
1
9.1%
1
5.3%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
6
7.3%
Number amending occupation tax in
either 2003 or 2004?
#
%
2
9.5%
2
18.2%
3
15.8%
0
0.0%
1
12.5%
3
42.9%
11
13.4%
Number of governments
with regulatory fees
#
%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
Number of governments with
user fees
#
%
20
83.3%
13
81.3%
25
75.8%
17
53.1%
11
57.9%
10
38.5%
96
64.0%
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.f: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn
What are the authorized uses for the special purpose local option sales tax?
library
retirement of previously incurred G.O. debt (1)
roads, streets and bridges
public safety facilities and
capital equipment
tax increment financing
Yes
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water or sewer
Yes --Yes --Yes Yes ----------------------------Yes Yes -----
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Does the government
collect occupation
tax?
If so, what method is used to assess the occupation tax?
flat fee
number of employees
gross receipts
profitability ratios
Year in which occupation tax was last amended?
Does government
have regulatory
fees?
Does government have user
fees?
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
2000
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
---
2006
Yes
No
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
2006
No
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
2010
No
No
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
1994
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
1995
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
2009
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1996
Yes
Yes
No
---
---
---
---
0
No
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
2004
No
No
Yes
---
---
Yes
---
1995
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
---
2009
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
2011
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
---
2003
No
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
---
2010
No
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
---
2008
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
2011
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
2009
Yes
Yes
No
---
---
---
---
0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
1995
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
2007
No
No
Yes
---
---
Yes
---
1996
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
1995
Yes
Yes
No
---
---
---
---
0
Yes
Yes
No
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
---
Yes
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Yes
---
Yes
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Yes
Yes
Yes
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Yes
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No
---
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---
Yes
---
Yes
---
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0
No
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
2006
Yes
No
---
2009
No
Yes
---
1995
No
Yes
---
1995
Yes
Yes
---
0
Yes
Yes
---
2009
No
Yes
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.f: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group B Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens
What are the authorized uses for the special purpose local option sales tax?
library
retirement of previously incurred G.O. debt (1)
roads, streets and bridges
public safety facilities and
capital equipment
tax increment financing
---
---
Yes
Yes
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---
water or sewer
Yes Yes --------Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes --Yes Yes ----Yes Yes --Yes Yes --Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -------
Does the government
collect occupation
tax?
If so, what method is used to assess the occupation tax?
flat fee
number of employees
gross receipts
profitability ratios
Year in which occupation tax was last amended?
Does government
have regulatory
fees?
Does government have user
fees?
No
---
---
---
---
0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
2004
No
No
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
1993
No
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
1978
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
1994
No
No
No
---
---
---
---
0
No
Yes
No
---
---
---
---
0
No
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
2003
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
No
---
---
---
Yes
---
Yes
---
No
---
---
---
---
1995
No
Yes
---
1996
No
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
2005
No
Yes
---
0
No
No
---
0
Yes
Yes
---
2005
No
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
2006
Yes
Yes
---
2006
No
No
---
2000
No
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
2009
No
Yes
---
0
No
No
---
1998
Yes
Yes
---
0
Yes
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
1994
Yes
Yes
---
1995
No
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
2004
No
No
---
0
No
No
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.f: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group C Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether
What are the authorized uses for the special purpose local option sales tax?
library
retirement of previously incurred G.O. debt (1)
roads, streets and bridges
public safety facilities and
capital equipment
tax increment financing
Yes
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water or sewer
Yes ----Yes --Yes --Yes ---
--Yes --------Yes Yes ----Yes --------Yes Yes --------Yes Yes
Does the government
collect occupation
tax?
If so, what method is used to assess the occupation tax?
flat fee
number of employees
gross receipts
profitability ratios
Year in which occupation tax was last amended?
Does government
have regulatory
fees?
Does government have user
fees?
No
---
---
---
---
0
Yes
No
No
---
---
---
---
0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
2005
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
2003
No
Yes
No
---
---
---
---
0
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
1994
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
2006
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
2006
No
No
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
2003
No
Yes
No
---
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Yes
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Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
2010
No
Yes
---
1995
No
Yes
---
0
No
No
---
2009
No
No
---
1999
No
No
---
0
No
Yes
---
2008
No
No
---
2000
No
Yes
---
2006
Yes
Yes
---
0
Yes
Yes
---
2009
Yes
No
---
0
No
No
---
0
No
Yes
---
0
No
No
---
0
No
No
---
2001
No
No
---
1995
No
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
0
No
No
---
1994
No
No
---
2006
Yes
Yes
---
1995
No
Yes
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.f: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group D Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
What are the authorized uses for the special purpose local option sales tax?
library
retirement of previously incurred G.O. debt (1)
roads, streets and bridges
public safety facilities and
capital equipment
tax increment financing
---
---
Yes
Yes
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Population Group E
Bacon
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Yes
---
---
Bleckley
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Candler
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
---
Charlton
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
Cusseta-Chattahoochee
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
Dooly
---
---
---
Yes
---
Early
---
---
Yes
---
---
Evans
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
---
Heard
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
Jasper
---
---
Yes
---
---
Lanier
---
---
Yes
---
---
Long
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
Macon
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
McIntosh
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
Oglethorpe
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
---
Pulaski
---
---
---
---
---
Screven
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
---
Towns
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
---
Wilkes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
---
Population Group F
Atkinson
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
Clay
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
Clinch
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
(1) - Retirement of previously incurred G.O. debt for roads, streets and bridges.
water or sewer
Does the government
collect occupation
tax?
If so, what method is used to assess the occupation tax?
flat fee
number of employees
gross receipts
profitability ratios
Year in which occupation tax was last amended?
Does government
have regulatory
fees?
Does government have user
fees?
Yes
No
---
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2007
Yes
Yes
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2006
No
No
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0
No
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0
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Yes
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Yes
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0
No
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0
No
No
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0
Yes
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
2004
No
No
---
0
No
Yes
---
0
No
No
---
0
No
Yes
---
0
No
No
---
1999
No
Yes
---
2000
No
Yes
---
1995
No
Yes
---
2007
No
Yes
---
1997
No
Yes
---
1995
No
No
---
0
No
No
---
1994
No
No
---
0
No
No
---
0
No
Yes
---
No
---
---
---
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0
No
No
---
Yes
---
Yes
---
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2006
No
No
---
No
---
---
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0
No
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 5.f: Financial Management Practices
County
Population Group F Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
What are the authorized uses for the special purpose local option sales tax?
library
retirement of previously incurred G.O. debt (1)
roads, streets and bridges
public safety facilities and
capital equipment
tax increment financing
---
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Does the government
collect occupation
tax?
If so, what method is used to assess the occupation tax?
flat fee
number of employees
gross receipts
profitability ratios
Year in which occupation tax was last amended?
Does government
have regulatory
fees?
Does government have user
fees?
No
---
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No
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0
No
No
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0
No
No
---
2004
Yes
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
1998
Yes
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
0
No
Yes
---
0
No
No
---
0
No
No
---
0
No
Yes
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No
Yes
---
0
No
No
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No
No
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No
No
---
2005
No
No
---
0
No
No
---
2004
No
No
---
0
No
No
---
2004
No
No
---
0
No
Yes
---
1996
No
Yes
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CHAPTER 6 Economic Development Activities
This chapter covers the administration and conduct of economic development activities sponsored by a government to attract new business and retain business.
Specific items covered in this chapter: Initiatives for economic development activities Presence of a full-time economic developer Some governments employ a full-time staff person dedicated to economic development activities. Financial incentives used to attract and retain business Incentives may include land, grants or loans, and tax incentives, among others.
Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.a: Economic Development Activities - Summary of Data
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number of entities taking initiative for economic development activities by type:
Number reporting
local chamber
#
%
multi-
jurisdictional
chamber
#
%
development
authority
#
%
joint development
authority
#
%
24
16
66.7%
3
12.5%
22
91.7%
11
45.8%
16
8
50.0%
0
0.0%
16
100.0%
7
43.8%
33
13
39.4%
1
3.0%
28
84.8%
13
39.4%
32
20
62.5%
0
0.0%
29
90.6%
22
68.8%
19
13
68.4%
1
5.3%
16
84.2%
7
36.8%
26
10
38.5%
0
0.0%
24
92.3%
7
26.9%
150
80
53.3%
5
3.3%
135
90.0%
67
44.7%
local government
#
%
11
45.8%
5
31.3%
9
27.3%
13
40.6%
7
36.8%
9
34.6%
54
36.0%
no economic
development
activities
#
%
0
0.0%
0
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0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
24 16 33 32 19 26 150
Number of governments with full-time economic
developer
#
%
15
62.5%
7
43.8%
13
39.4%
21
65.6%
3
15.8%
5
19.2%
64
42.7%
Number of governments using the following incentives in attracting new industry all of the time:
land (at little or no cost)
#
%
local or regional low-interest or deferred payment
loans
#
%
state grants and loans
#
%
federal grants and loans
#
%
0
0.0%
2
8.3%
0
0.0%
1
4.2%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
6.3%
1
6.3%
0
0.0%
0
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2
6.1%
2
6.1%
3
9.4%
4
12.5%
7
21.9%
4
12.5%
1
5.3%
0
0.0%
2
10.5%
0
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0
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1
3.8%
1
3.8%
0
0.0%
4
2.7%
7
4.7%
13
8.7%
8
5.3%
QuickStart
#
%
5
20.8%
6
37.5%
8
24.2%
10
31.3%
1
5.3%
4
15.4%
34
22.7%
subsidies
#
%
1
4.2%
0
0.0%
2
6.1%
1
3.1%
1
5.3%
0
0.0%
5
3.3%
Section 6.a - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.a: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn
Which of the following entities takes the initiative for economic development activities in the jurisdiction?
local chamber
multijurisdictional
chamber
development authority
joint development
authority
local government
no economic development
activities undertaken
Does the government employ a
full-time economic developer?
How often does the government use the following incentives in attracting new industry to your community?
land (at little or no cost)
low-interest or deferred payment loans
state grants and loans
federal grants and loans
QuickStart Program
subsidies
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
No
Never
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Never
Yes
---
Yes
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---
No
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.a: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group B Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens
Which of the following entities takes the initiative for economic development activities in the jurisdiction?
local chamber
multijurisdictional
chamber
development authority
joint development
authority
local government
no economic development
activities undertaken
Does the government employ a
full-time economic developer?
How often does the government use the following incentives in attracting new industry to your community?
land (at little or no cost)
low-interest or deferred payment loans
state grants and loans
federal grants and loans
QuickStart Program
subsidies
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
---
No
Sometimes
Never
Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Never
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.a: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group C Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether
Which of the following entities takes the initiative for economic development activities in the jurisdiction?
local chamber
multijurisdictional
chamber
development authority
joint development
authority
local government
no economic development
activities undertaken
Does the government employ a
full-time economic developer?
How often does the government use the following incentives in attracting new industry to your community?
land (at little or no cost)
low-interest or deferred payment loans
state grants and loans
federal grants and loans
QuickStart Program
subsidies
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
---
No
Most of time Most of time Most of time Most of time Most of time Most of time
---
---
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---
No
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.a: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group D Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch
Which of the following entities takes the initiative for economic development activities in the jurisdiction?
local chamber
multijurisdictional
chamber
development authority
joint development
authority
local government
no economic development
activities undertaken
---
---
Yes
---
---
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---
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Does the government employ a
full-time economic developer?
How often does the government use the following incentives in attracting new industry to your community?
land (at little or no cost)
low-interest or deferred payment loans
state grants and loans
federal grants and loans
QuickStart Program
subsidies
Yes
Sometimes
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.a: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group F Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Which of the following entities takes the initiative for economic development activities in the jurisdiction?
local chamber
multijurisdictional
chamber
development authority
joint development
authority
local government
no economic development
activities undertaken
Does the government employ a
full-time economic developer?
How often does the government use the following incentives in attracting new industry to your community?
land (at little or no cost)
low-interest or deferred payment loans
state grants and loans
federal grants and loans
QuickStart Program
subsidies
---
---
Yes
---
---
---
---
Never
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---
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Yes
---
Yes
---
No
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.b: Economic Development Activities - Summary of Data
Number Group reporting
A
24
B
16
C
33
D
32
E
19
F
26
Total
150
Number of governments using the following incentives to attract new industry all of the time: (Cont.)
tax incentives
#
%
utilities at little
or no cost
#
%
commitment of additional local
government services
#
%
industrial
development bonds
#
%
expedited permitting
#
%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
4.2%
5
20.8%
5
20.8%
0
0.0%
1
6.3%
0
0.0%
3
18.8%
5
31.3%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
2
6.1%
5
15.2%
0
0.0%
1
3.1%
2
6.3%
3
9.4%
8
25.0%
0
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0
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0
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0
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4
21.1%
0
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0
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0
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0
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0
0.0%
0
0.0%
2
1.3%
3
2.0%
13
8.7%
27
18.0%
waiver of regulations
#
%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
3.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
0.7%
waiver or reduction of required fees or assessments
#
%
1
4.2%
1
6.3%
1
3.0%
2
6.3%
2
10.5%
2
7.7%
9
6.0%
other
#
%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
3.0%
1
3.1%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
2
1.3%
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number of governments using the following incentives to encourage the retention and expansion of existing industry all of the time:
Number reporting
land (at little or no cost)
#
%
local or regional low-interest or
deferred
#
%
state grants and loans
#
%
federal grants and loans
#
%
QuickStart
#
%
24
0
0.0%
1
4.2%
0
0.0%
1
4.2%
5
20.8%
16
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
6.3%
1
6.3%
5
31.3%
33
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
3.0%
1
3.0%
8
24.2%
32
2
6.3%
3
9.4%
4
12.5%
3
9.4%
7
21.9%
19
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
5.3%
26
1
3.8%
1
3.8%
1
3.8%
1
3.8%
3
11.5%
150
3
2.0%
5
3.3%
7
4.7%
7
4.7%
29
19.3%
Section 6.b - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.b: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
How often does the government use the following incentives in attracting new industry to the community? (Cont.)
tax incentives
utilities at little or no cost
commitment of additional
local government
services
industrial development
bonds
expedited permitting
waiver of regulations
Sometimes Always
Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Always Most of time
Always Always Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Most of time Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never
Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Always Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Always Most of time
Always Always Most of time Most of time Sometimes Always Always Sometimes Most of time
Always Always Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Always Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Always Most of time Most of time Most of time Always Sometimes
Never Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Most of time Never
waiver or reduction of required
fees or assessments
How often does the government use the following incentives in encouraging the retention and expansion of existing industry?
land (at little or no cost)
low-interest or deferred payment loans
state grants and loans
federal grants and loans
QuickStart Program
Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Always Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
--Sometimes
Never Never
----Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
--Never Never Sometimes Never Never Always Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes
Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Most of time Always Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes
Sometimes Always
Most of time Sometimes Most of time
Never Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Always Always Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Always Always Never Most of time
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn
Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Never Always Never Never
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Always
Sometimes Always
Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Always Always
Never Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never
Never Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never
--Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Most of time
Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Most of time Most of time Sometimes
Never Always Always Sometimes Always
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.b: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group B Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens
How often does the government use the following incentives in attracting new industry to the community? (Cont.)
tax incentives
utilities at little or no cost
commitment of additional
local government
services
industrial development
bonds
expedited permitting
waiver of regulations
waiver or reduction of required
fees or assessments
How often does the government use the following incentives in encouraging the retention and expansion of existing industry?
land (at little or no cost)
low-interest or deferred payment loans
state grants and loans
federal grants and loans
QuickStart Program
Most of time Sometimes
Always Sometimes
Always Sometimes
Always Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Never Most of time Never Never Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes
Always Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Always Most of time
Most of time Sometimes
Always Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Always Most of time
Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never
Never Sometimes
Always Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never
Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never
Sometimes Sometimes
Always Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes
Always Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never
Most of time Most of time
Always Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Always Sometimes
Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Always Sometimes
Always Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Never Always
Sometimes Sometimes
--Never
--Sometimes
Never Never Never Most of time Never Never Never Never Most of time Sometimes
--Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes
Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Always Never Always Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Most of time
Always Most of time Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Always Sometimes Always Always Most of time Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Always Never Never Most of time
Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never Sometimes Always Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never Most of time
Sometimes Never Never
Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Always Never Sometimes Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Never Most of time
Sometimes -----
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
--Sometimes
--Sometimes
--Sometimes
Never ---
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Most of time
Never Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Never Sometimes
Never Always Most of time Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes -----
Sometimes ---
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Never Sometimes
Never Always Most of time Sometimes
--Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Always Always Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Always Never Always Never Always Always Most of time Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.b: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group C Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether
How often does the government use the following incentives in attracting new industry to the community? (Cont.)
tax incentives
utilities at little or no cost
commitment of additional
local government
services
industrial development
bonds
expedited permitting
waiver of regulations
waiver or reduction of required
fees or assessments
How often does the government use the following incentives in encouraging the retention and expansion of existing industry?
land (at little or no cost)
low-interest or deferred payment loans
state grants and loans
federal grants and loans
QuickStart Program
Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Most of time Sometimes
Never
Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never
Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Sometimes Never
Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Never Most of time Most of time
Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never
Never Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never
Sometimes Never
Sometimes Sometimes
--Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
---
Sometimes Never Never
Sometimes Sometimes
Never Most of time
Never Never
Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Always Never Always Most of time
Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Always Always Most of time Sometimes Most of time Most of time Most of time Never Most of time Sometimes Always Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Most of time Most of time
Sometimes ---
Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never
--Sometimes
Never Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Always Never Sometimes Never Most of time
Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Always Always Sometimes Most of time Never Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Always Most of time Sometimes Most of time Most of time Sometimes Always Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Always Always Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Always Never Sometimes Sometimes Always Always Always Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Always Most of time
Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Most of time Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Never
Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never
--Never Sometimes Never Sometimes
--Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Always Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Always
Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Never Never Never Never
--Sometimes Sometimes
Always Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Never Sometimes Most of time Most of time
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Always Always Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Never Never Most of time Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Always Sometimes
Always Always Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Most of time Most of time Always Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Always Sometimes
Always Never Sometimes
--Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Always Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Never
Sometimes Always Always Always
Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Most of time
Never Sometimes
Always Never Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Page 6.b - 3
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.b: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group D Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
How often does the government use the following incentives in attracting new industry to the community? (Cont.)
tax incentives
utilities at little or no cost
commitment of additional
local government
services
industrial development
bonds
expedited permitting
waiver of regulations
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Always
--Sometimes
Never Never
--Never
--Never Most of time
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Never Sometimes
Never Never Most of time
Most of time Most of time
Never Most of time
Never Most of time
Never Always Sometimes
Most of time Most of time
Never Most of time
Never Most of time
Never Always Most of time
Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Most of time Sometimes Most of time
Never Sometimes
Never Always Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Always Most of time
Never Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never
----Never Never Never Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Most of time Never Most of time Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Never Most of time Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes
Most of time Sometimes
Always Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Always Most of time Sometimes Most of time Most of time
Always Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Always Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch
Always Most of time
Never
Sometimes Never ---
Sometimes Never Never
Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Most of time Sometimes
Never
Never Never Never
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waiver or reduction of required
fees or assessments
How often does the government use the following incentives in encouraging the retention and expansion of existing industry?
land (at little or no cost)
low-interest or deferred payment loans
state grants and loans
federal grants and loans
QuickStart Program
Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes
Sometimes Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
--Sometimes
Always
Never Never Most of time Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Always Most of time
Most of time Most of time Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Never Most of time Most of time
--Sometimes Most of time Most of time
--Sometimes
--Most of time Most of time
Most of time Always Never Never
Sometimes Most of time
Never Always Always
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Always Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Always Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes
Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes
--Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
----Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Most of time
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Most of time
Never Most of time Sometimes Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Most of time
Never Most of time Sometimes Most of time Most of time Sometimes
----Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Never Most of time
Always Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes
Sometimes Never Never
Sometimes Never
Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Sometimes Most of time
---
Always Never Sometimes
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.b: Economic Development Activities
County
How often does the government use the following incentives in attracting new industry to the community? (Cont.)
tax incentives
utilities at little or no cost
commitment of additional
local government
services
industrial development
bonds
expedited permitting
waiver of regulations
Population Group F Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Always Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Never Most of time Most of time Sometimes Most of time Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Most of time
Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Most of time Sometimes Never Most of time Never Never
---
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Most of time Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Most of time Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Never Most of time Sometimes Never Most of time Sometimes Never Sometimes
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never
waiver or reduction of required
fees or assessments
How often does the government use the following incentives in encouraging the retention and expansion of existing industry?
land (at little or no cost)
low-interest or deferred payment loans
state grants and loans
federal grants and loans
QuickStart Program
Never Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Always Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Always Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
--Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Always Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes
Always Never Never Sometimes Never Never Most of time Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Most of time Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Always Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Sometimes Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
--Most of time Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Always Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
---
Sometimes Never Never Never Never Always Always Never Never
Sometimes Never ---
Sometimes Never Never Never
Most of time Sometimes
Never Most of time
Never Never Most of time
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.c: Economic Development Activities - Summary of Data
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number of governments using the following incentives to encourage the retention and expansion of existing industry all of the time: (Cont.)
Number reporting
subsidies
#
%
tax incentives
#
%
utilities at little or no cost
#
%
commitment of additional local
government services
#
%
industrial development
bonds
#
%
expedited permitting
#
%
waiver or regulations
#
%
24
0
0.0%
3
12.5%
0
0.0%
1
4.2%
4
16.7%
3
12.5%
0
0.0%
16
0
0.0%
4
25.0%
1
6.3%
0
0.0%
3
18.8%
5
31.3%
0
0.0%
33
1
3.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
3.0%
1
3.0%
4
12.1%
1
3.0%
32
1
3.1%
2
6.3%
1
3.1%
2
6.3%
3
9.4%
7
21.9%
0
0.0%
19
1
5.3%
1
5.3%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
5.3%
0
0.0%
26
0
0.0%
2
7.7%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
3.8%
0
0.0%
150
3
2.0%
12
8.0%
2
1.3%
4
2.7%
11
7.3%
21 14.0%
1
0.7%
waiver or reduction of required fees of
assessments
#
%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
3.1%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
0.7%
other
#
%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
3.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
0.7%
Number Group reporting
A
24
B
16
C
33
D
32
E
19
F
26
Total
150
Number of counties collecting the additional mill of ad valorem tax for economic development
#
%
2
8.3%
0
0.0%
4
12.1%
5
15.6%
3
15.8%
4
15.4%
18
12.0%
Number collecting the additional mill for the following purpose:
county development authority
#
%
Multi-jurisdictional development authority
#
%
Other
#
%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
4
100.0%
4
80.0%
3
100.0%
5
125.0%
16
88.9%
1
50.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
5.6%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
20.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
5.6%
Section 6.c - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.c: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
How often does the government use the following incentives in encouraging the retention and expansion of existing industry?
subsidies
tax incentives
utilities at little or no cost
commitment of additional
local government
services
industrial development
bonds
expedited permitting
waiver of regulations
waiver or reduction of required
fees or assessments
Never Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Sometimes
--Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes
Sometimes Always
Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Always Always Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never
Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Never Sometimes Never Always Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Never
Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Always Always Most of time Most of time Sometimes Always Always Never Most of time
Always Always Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Always Most of time Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Never
Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Never ---
Sometimes Never
Sometimes Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never
other
Does the county collect the one mill for economic development?
For what purpose is the
mill of ad valorem taxes
used?
--Sometimes Sometimes
--------------------------Sometimes ----Never ---------
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
Yes
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
Yes
Multi-juris DA
No
---
No
---
Population Group B
Barrow
Sometimes Most of time
Never
Never
Most of time Sometimes
Never
Never
---
No
---
Bulloch
Never
Most of time
Never
Sometimes Sometimes
Always
Sometimes Sometimes
---
No
---
Camden
Never
Sometimes
Never
Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Never
Never
---
No
---
Catoosa
Never
Sometimes
Never
Never
Most of time Sometimes
Never
Never
---
No
---
Dougherty
Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Never
---
No
---
Effingham
Never
Sometimes
Always
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Never
---
No
---
Floyd
Never
Always
Never
Never
Most of time
Always
Never
Never
---
No
---
Glynn
Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Never
Always
Always
Never
Never
---
No
---
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.c: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group B Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens
How often does the government use the following incentives in encouraging the retention and expansion of existing industry?
subsidies
tax incentives
utilities at little or no cost
commitment of additional
local government
services
industrial development
bonds
expedited permitting
waiver of regulations
waiver or reduction of required
fees or assessments
Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never
Most of time Sometimes
Always Sometimes
Always Sometimes
Always Never
Never Never Sometimes Never Most of time Never Never Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never
Sometimes Sometimes
Always Sometimes Sometimes
Never Always Sometimes
Most of time Sometimes
Always Sometimes Most of time
Never Always Most of time
Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never
Never Sometimes Most of time
Never Sometimes
--Sometimes
Never
Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Always Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never
Most of time Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Most of time
Never Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes
Sometimes Never Never Never
Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Most of time Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes
Sometimes Never
Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Always Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Never Never Sometimes
Most of time Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Never Never Sometimes Always Sometimes Most of time Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Most of time Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes
Always Most of time Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Always Never Sometimes Always Most of time Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Always Never Never Sometimes
Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never Never Always Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes
Sometimes Never Never
Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes
Page 6.c - 2
other
Does the county collect the one mill for economic development?
For what purpose is the
mill of ad valorem taxes
used?
---
No
---
---
No
---
---
No
---
---
No
---
Never
No
---
Never
No
---
---
No
---
---
No
---
----------------Never --Never Never --------Never --------Never -----
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
Yes
County DA
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
Yes
County DA
No
---
No
---
No
---
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.c: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group C Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether
How often does the government use the following incentives in encouraging the retention and expansion of existing industry?
subsidies
tax incentives
utilities at little or no cost
commitment of additional
local government
services
industrial development
bonds
expedited permitting
waiver of regulations
waiver or reduction of required
fees or assessments
other
Does the county collect the one mill for economic development?
For what purpose is the
mill of ad valorem taxes
used?
Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never
Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never
Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Sometimes Never Never
Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Most of time Sometimes
Never
Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never
--Never Most of time Most of time
Never Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never
Never Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never
----Always ------Never -----
No
---
Yes
County DA
No
---
No
---
Yes
County DA
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Never
Never
---
No
Never
Sometimes
Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Never
---
No
Never
Sometimes
Never
Never
Never
Sometimes
Never
Sometimes
---
No
Never
Always
Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Sometimes
---
No
Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Sometimes
Never
Always
Never
Never
---
No
Always
Always
Never
Sometimes
Always
Always
Sometimes Most of time
---
Yes
Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Never
Most of time Sometimes
Never
Never
---
No
Never
Sometimes
Never
Sometimes
Never
---
Never
Sometimes Sometimes
No
Never
Never
Never
Sometimes Most of time Most of time
Never
Sometimes
---
No
Never
Most of time Sometimes
Never
Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
No
Never
Most of time
Never
Never
Sometimes
Always
Sometimes
Always
Never
No
Never
Never
Never
Never
Always
Never
Never
Sometimes
---
No
Never
Most of time
Never
Sometimes
Never
Sometimes
Never
Never
---
No
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
---
No
Sometimes Most of time
Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Sometimes
---
Yes
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Always
Sometimes
Always
Most of time Most of time
---
No
Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Always
Never
Always
Never
Sometimes
---
No
Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
---
No
Sometimes Sometimes
Always
Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Sometimes
---
No
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
---
Yes
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
---
Yes
---
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
---
Never
Never
---
No
Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Never
Most of time
---
No
----------County DA ----------------Both --------County DA County DA -----
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.c: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group D Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
How often does the government use the following incentives in encouraging the retention and expansion of existing industry?
subsidies
tax incentives
utilities at little or no cost
commitment of additional
local government
services
industrial development
bonds
expedited permitting
waiver of regulations
waiver or reduction of required
fees or assessments
Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Most of time
Never Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Never Sometimes Most of time
Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Most of time
Never Never Never Most of time Never Most of time Never Never Most of time
Sometimes Most of time
Never Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Never Always Sometimes
Always Most of time
Never Most of time Sometimes Most of time
Never Always Most of time
Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes
other
Does the county collect the one mill for economic development?
For what purpose is the
mill of ad valorem taxes
used?
------------Never Never ---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
Yes
County DA
Population Group E
Bacon
Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Most of time Sometimes
Always
Never
Sometimes
---
No
---
Bleckley
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Yes
County DA
Candler
Never
Sometimes
Never
Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
---
No
---
Charlton
Never
Never
Never
Never
Sometimes Most of time
Never
Never
---
No
---
Cusseta-Chattahoochee
Never
Sometimes
Never
Never
Sometimes
Never
Sometimes Sometimes
---
No
---
Dooly
Never
Never
Never
Sometimes Most of time Sometimes
Never
Never
---
No
---
Early
Always
Always
Never
Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Sometimes
---
No
---
Evans
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
---
No
---
Heard
Never
Most of time
Never
Most of time Sometimes Most of time
Never
Sometimes
---
No
---
Jasper
Never
Sometimes
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
---
No
---
Lanier
Never
Never
Never
Sometimes
Never
Most of time
Never
Never
---
No
---
Long
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Most of time Sometimes Sometimes
---
No
---
Macon
Never
Sometimes
Never
Never
Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Never
---
No
---
McIntosh
Never
Never
Never
Sometimes
Never
Sometimes
Never
Sometimes
---
Yes
County DA
Oglethorpe
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
---
No
---
Pulaski
Never
Never
Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Never
---
No
---
Screven
Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never
Never
Never
Never
---
Yes
County DA
Towns
Never
Sometimes
Never
Sometimes
Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
---
No
---
Wilkes
Never
Sometimes
Never
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
---
No
---
Population Group F
Atkinson
Never
Always
Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Most of time
Never
Sometimes
---
No
---
Clay
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
No
---
Clinch
Sometimes
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
Never
---
No
---
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.c: Economic Development Activities
County
How often does the government use the following incentives in encouraging the retention and expansion of existing industry?
subsidies
tax incentives
utilities at little or no cost
commitment of additional
local government
services
industrial development
bonds
expedited permitting
waiver of regulations
waiver or reduction of required
fees or assessments
Population Group F Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Never Never Never
Always Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Never Never
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Most of time Most of time Most of time Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Most of time Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes Sometimes
Never Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Always Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Most of time Sometimes Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never
Never Sometimes
Never Never Never Never Most of time Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Never Never Never Never Never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes
other
Does the county collect the one mill for economic development?
For what purpose is the
mill of ad valorem taxes
used?
----------Never --------Never ------Never Never ----Never ---------
No
---
No
---
No
---
Yes
County DA
No
County DA
No
---
Yes
County DA
No
---
No
---
Yes
County DA
Yes
County DA
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.d: Economic Developement Activities - Summary of Data
Group
A B C D E F Total
Number reporting
24 16 33 32 19 26 150
Number with constitutional development
authority
#
%
17 70.8%
9
56.3%
20 60.6%
20 62.5%
13 68.4%
14 53.8%
93 62.0%
three mills
#
%
0 0.0%
0 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
Number and percentage dedicating by amount
two mills
#
%
0
0.0%
2 22.2%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
2
2.2%
one mill
#
%
1 5.9%
0 0.0%
2 10.0%
0
0.0%
2 15.4%
1
7.1%
6
6.5%
other amount
#
%
3 17.6% 1 11.1% 5 25.0% 7 35.0% 5 38.5% 5 35.7% 26 28.0%
none
#
%
13 76.5% 6 66.7% 17 85.0% 15 75.0% 6 46.2% 9 64.3% 66 71.0%
Of those governments not dedicating additional mill of ad valorem tax, number
supporting economic development through the normal budgeting process
#
%
Number providing more than $50,000 support to economic
development
#
%
23
95.8%
14
87.5%
27
81.8%
29
90.6%
17
89.5%
15
57.7%
125
61.3%
22
95.7%
12
85.7%
22
81.5%
25
86.2%
8
47.1%
3
20.0%
92
73.6%
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.d: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Columbia Cobb Coweta Carroll Cherokee Clayton Chatham Columbus/Muscogee DeKalb Douglas Fulton Fayette Forsyth Gwinnett Henry Hall Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Bulloch Barrow Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding
Does government have a constitutional
development authority?
If government has a constitutional
development authority, what amount of ad
valorem tax is dedicated to the authority?
If additional mills are not dedicated, does government support economic development through the budget
process?
What is the range of the government's level of financial support?
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
Other
No
---
Yes
None
Yes
None
No
---
Yes
None
No
---
No
---
Yes
Other
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
None
No
---
Yes
Other
No
---
Yes
None
No
---
Yes
None
Yes
One mill
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
No
---
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
No
---
Yes
None
Yes
Other
No
---
Yes
None
Yes
Two mills
Yes
None
No
---
No
---
Yes
None
Yes
Two mills
Yes
None
No
---
Page 6.d - 1
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
No
---
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
No
---
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.d: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group B Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Coffee Chattooga Colquitt Decatur Grady Gilmer Haralson Habersham Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Murray Monroe Madison Oconee Pickens Peach Polk Sumter Stephens Tift Thomas Tattnall Toombs Upson Wayne White Ware
Does government have a constitutional
development authority?
If government has a constitutional
development authority, what amount of ad
valorem tax is dedicated to the authority?
If additional mills are not dedicated, does government support economic development through the budget
process?
What is the range of the government's level of financial support?
No
---
Yes
None
No
---
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
None
No
Other
Yes
Other
No
---
Yes
None
No
None
No
---
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
None
No
---
Yes
None
No
---
Yes
None
No
None
No
---
No
---
Yes
None
Yes
One mill
Yes
None
No
---
No
---
Yes
Other
Yes
None
No
None
Yes
None
No
---
Yes
Other
Yes
One mill
Yes
None
Yes
Other
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
No
---
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
No
---
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
No
---
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
No
---
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Less than $10,000
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
No
---
No
---
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
Less than $10,000
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.d: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group D Appling Berrien Brooks Brantley Burke Banks Ben Hill Butts Cook Crisp Dawson Dade Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jefferson Jeff Davis Lamar Morgan Mitchell Meriwether McDuffie Pierce Putnam Pike Rabun Telfair Union Worth
Does government have a constitutional
development authority?
If government has a constitutional
development authority, what amount of ad
valorem tax is dedicated to the authority?
If additional mills are not dedicated, does government support economic development through the budget
process?
What is the range of the government's level of financial support?
Yes
None
No
---
Yes
Other
Yes
Other
No
---
Yes
Other
Yes
None
Yes
None
No
---
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
Other
Yes
None
No
---
Yes
None
No
Other
Yes
None
No
---
No
---
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
Other
Yes
Other
No
None
No
---
No
---
No
---
No
---
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
No
$11,000 - $25,000
No
---
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$11,000 - $25,000
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
No
---
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Less than $10,000
Population Group E
Bacon
Yes
Bleckley
Yes
Charlton
No
Candler
Yes
Cusseta-Chattahoochee
No
Other One mill
--None
---
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
Less than $10,000
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
$11,000 - $25,000
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.d: Economic Development Activities
County
Population Group E Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Long Lanier Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch Glascock Georgetown-Quitman Hancock Irwin Johnson Jenkins Lincoln Marion Montgomery Miller Randolph Stewart Schley Seminole Treutlen Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Turner Warren
Does government have a constitutional
development authority?
If government has a constitutional
development authority, what amount of ad
valorem tax is dedicated to the authority?
If additional mills are not dedicated, does government support economic development through the budget
process?
What is the range of the government's level of financial support?
Yes
None
---
---
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
Other
No
---
Yes
None
No
---
Yes
One mill
Yes
None
Yes
Other
Yes
Other
Yes
Other
No
---
Yes
Greater than $100,000
---
---
Yes
$11,000 - $25,000
Yes
$11,000 - $25,000
Yes
$11,000 - $25,000
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
No
Greater than $100,000
Yes
Less than $10,000
Yes
$11,000 - $25,000
Yes
Greater than $100,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
No
---
No
---
Yes
Other
Yes
None
No
---
Yes
None
Yes
One mill
Yes
None
Yes
Other
No
---
Yes
None
Yes
Other
No
---
No
---
No
---
Yes
None
Yes
Other
Yes
None
No
---
No
---
Yes
None
Yes
None
No
---
Page 6.d - 4
No
---
Yes
Less than $10,000
No
---
Yes
Less than $10,000
No
---
Yes
Greater than $100,000
No
---
Yes
$11,000 - $25,000
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
No
---
Yes
Less than $10,000
No
---
Yes
Less than $10,000
No
---
No
---
No
---
Yes
$11,000 - $25,000
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
Yes
$11,000 - $25,000
No
---
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 6.d: Economic Development Activities
County Population Group F
Wilkinson Wheeler Webster Unified
Does government have a constitutional
development authority?
If government has a constitutional
development authority, what amount of ad
valorem tax is dedicated to the authority?
If additional mills are not dedicated, does government support economic development through the budget
process?
What is the range of the government's level of financial support?
No
---
No
Other
Yes
None
Yes
$51,000 - $100,000
Yes
$26,000 - $50,000
No
---
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CHAPTER 7 Public Safety
This chapter covers provisions of a government's public safety functions, encompassing both fire and police services.
Specific items covered in this chapter:
Law Enforcement Existence of police department Issuance of handguns Use of law enforcement vehicles Assigned patrol shift hours Jail operations
Fire Services Fire classification rating The Insurance Services Office (ISO) issues a fire protection scale on a range of 1 to 10, with "one" being the highest response and "ten" being the lowest response. Number of fire stations Use of volunteers for fire fighting Fire departments can include volunteer fire fighters in their force, or consist of all volunteers. Number of fire fighters on duty per shift
Department of Community Affairs
Section 7.a: Public Safety - Summary of Data
Group A B C D E F
Total
Number reporting
24 16 33 32 19 26 150
Questions refer to the operation of a county police department
Number of counties operating police department
#
%
Number with county government providing handguns
to officers
#
%
Number assigning patrol shifts by number of hours
8 hours
#
%
9 hours
#
%
10 hours
#
%
6
25.0%
6
100.0%
3
50.0%
1
16.7%
2
33.3%
5
31.3%
4
80.0%
2
40.0%
0
0.0%
1
20.0%
2
6.1%
2
100.0%
1
50.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
3.1%
0
0.0%
1
100.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
5.3%
1
100.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
15
10.0%
13
100.0%
7
46.7%
1
6.7%
3
20.0%
12 hours
#
%
0
0.0%
2
40.0%
1
50.0%
0
0.0%
1
100.0%
0
0.0%
4
26.7%
other
#
%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
Number with "One Car, One
Driver rule"
#
%
3
50.0%
3
60.0%
2
100.0%
0
0.0%
1
100.0%
0
0.0%
9
60.0%
If more than one driver per car, maximum number
of drivers
3
2
---
2
1
---
3
Section 7.a - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 7.a: Public Safety
Jurisdiction
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Columbia Cobb Coweta Carroll Cherokee Clayton Chatham Columbus/Muscogee DeKalb Douglas Fulton Fayette Forsyth Gwinnett Henry Hall Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Questions refer to the operation of a county police department ...
Does the county operate a police department?
Method of providing handguns
For the majority of the police patrol officers, for what shift hours are they
primarily assigned?
---
---
---
---
---
---
No
---
---
No
---
---
No
---
---
Yes
Govt. provides
8 Hours
No
---
---
No
---
---
No
---
---
Yes
Govt. provides
8 Hours
No
---
---
---
---
---
Yes
Govt. provides
10 Hours
No
---
---
Yes
Govt. provides
8 Hours
No
---
---
No
---
---
Yes
Govt. provides
9 Hours
Yes
Govt. provides
10 Hours
No
---
---
No
---
---
No
---
---
No
---
---
No
---
---
Population Group B
Bulloch
No
Barrow
No
Camden
No
Catoosa
No
Dougherty
Yes
Effingham
No
Floyd
Yes
Glynn
Yes
--------Govt. provides --Govt. provides Govt. provides
--------12 Hours --8 Hours 10 Hours
Page 7.a - 1
Does the police department have "One Car, One Driver
rule"?
----------No ------No ----No --Yes ----Yes Yes -----------
If not, what is the typical number of drivers per vehicle?
----------3.0 ------3.0 ----3.0 -----------------------
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
No
2.0
---
---
Yes
---
No
2.0
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 7.a: Public Safety
Jurisdiction
Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Questions refer to the operation of a county police department ...
Does the county operate a police department?
Method of providing handguns
For the majority of the police patrol officers, for what shift hours are they
primarily assigned?
No
---
---
No
---
---
No
---
---
No
---
---
No
---
---
Yes
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Officer provides
8 Hours
No
---
---
Population Group C
Baldwin
No
Bryan
No
Coffee
No
Chattooga
No
Colquitt
No
Decatur
No
Grady
No
Gilmer
No
Haralson
No
Habersham
No
Harris
No
Hart
No
Jones
No
Laurens
No
Lee
No
Lumpkin
No
Murray
No
Monroe
No
Madison
No
Oconee
No
Pickens
No
Peach
No
Polk
Yes
Sumter
No
Stephens
No
--------------------------------------------Govt. provides -----
--------------------------------------------12 Hours -----
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 7.a: Public Safety
Jurisdiction
Tift Thomas Tattnall Toombs Upson Wayne White Ware
Questions refer to the operation of a county police department ...
Does the county operate a police department?
Method of providing handguns
For the majority of the police patrol officers, for what shift hours are they
primarily assigned?
No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Population Group D
Appling
No
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Berrien
No
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Brooks
No
---
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Brantley
No
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Burke
No
---
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Banks
No
---
---
Ben Hill
No
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Butts
No
---
---
Cook
No
---
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Crisp
No
---
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Dawson
No
---
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Dade
No
---
---
Dodge
No
---
---
Elbert
No
---
---
Emanuel
No
---
---
Fannin
No
---
---
Franklin
No
---
---
Greene
No
---
---
Jefferson
No
---
---
Jeff Davis
No
---
---
Lamar
No
---
---
Morgan
No
---
---
Mitchell
No
---
---
Meriwether
No
---
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McDuffie
No
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 7.a: Public Safety
Jurisdiction
Pierce Putnam Pike Rabun Telfair Union Worth
Questions refer to the operation of a county police department ...
Does the county operate a police department?
Method of providing handguns
For the majority of the police patrol officers, for what shift hours are they
primarily assigned?
No
---
---
No
---
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No
---
---
No
---
---
Yes
Other
8 Hours
No
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No
---
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Population Group E
Bacon
No
Bleckley
Yes
Charlton
No
Candler
No
Cusseta-Chattahoochee
---
Dooly
No
Early
No
Evans
No
Heard
No
Jasper
No
Long
No
Lanier
No
Macon
No
McIntosh
No
Oglethorpe
No
Pulaski
No
Screven
No
Towns
No
Wilkes
No
--Govt. provides
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--12 Hours
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Population Group F
Atkinson
No
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Clay
No
---
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Clinch
No
---
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Glascock
No
---
---
Georgetown-Quitman
No
---
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Hancock
No
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If not, what is the typical number of drivers per vehicle?
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 7.a: Public Safety
Jurisdiction
Irwin Johnson Jenkins Lincoln Marion Montgomery Miller Randolph Stewart Schley Seminole Treutlen Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Turner Warren Wilkinson Wheeler Webster Unified
Questions refer to the operation of a county police department ...
Does the county operate a police department?
Method of providing handguns
For the majority of the police patrol officers, for what shift hours are they
primarily assigned?
No
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No
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No
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No
---
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No
---
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No
---
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No
---
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No
---
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No
---
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No
---
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No
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No
---
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No
---
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No
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No
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No
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No
---
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No
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No
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rule"?
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If not, what is the typical number of drivers per vehicle?
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 7.b: Public Safety - Summary of Data
Number Group reporting
A
24
B
16
C
33
D
32
E
19
F
26
Total
150
Questions refer to the operating of a county sheriff's department
Number of departments providing handguns to sworn law enforcement personnel
#
%
8 hours
#
%
------------ Number having following shifts in hours: ------------
9 hours
#
%
10 hours
#
%
12 hours
#
%
20
83.3%
7
29.2%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
13 54.2%
14
87.5%
3
18.8%
1
6.3%
0
0.0%
12 75.0%
32
97.0%
2
6.1%
1
3.0%
0
0.0%
30 90.9%
26
81.3%
2
6.3%
1
3.1%
1
3.1%
28 87.5%
13
68.4%
1
5.3%
1
5.3%
0
0.0%
16 84.2%
17
65.4%
8
30.8%
3
11.5%
0
0.0%
14 53.8%
122
81.3%
23 15.3%
7
4.7%
1
0.7% 113 75.3%
other
#
%
1
4.2%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
0.7%
Number of governments with "One Car, One Driver
Rule"
#
%
10
41.7%
15
93.8%
29
87.9%
29
90.6%
16
84.2%
22
84.6%
121
80.7%
If more than one driver per car, maximum number
of drivers
3
2
3
2
4
2
4
Section 7.b - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 7.b: Public Safety
Questions refer to the operation of a county sheriff's department ...
Jurisdiction
Method of providing handguns to sworn deputies
For the majority of the sheriff's deputies, for what
shift hours are they primarily assigned?
Does sheriff's department have "One car, One driver rule"?
Population Group A
Athens-Clarke
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Augusta/Richmond
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Bartow
Officer provides
12 Hours
Yes
Bibb
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Yes
Columbia
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Cobb
Govt. provides
8 Hours
No
Coweta
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Carroll
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Cherokee
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Clayton
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Chatham
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Yes
Columbus/Muscogee
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DeKalb
Govt. provides
Other
No
Douglas
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Fulton
Govt. provides
8 Hours
No
Fayette
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Yes
Forsyth
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Gwinnett
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Yes
Henry
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Yes
Hall
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Houston
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Lowndes
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Paulding
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Whitfield
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Population Group B
Bulloch
Officer provides
12 Hours
Yes
Barrow
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Camden
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Catoosa
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Dougherty
Govt. provides
8 Hours
No
Effingham
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Floyd
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Yes
Glynn
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Yes
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If not, what is the typical number of drivers per
vehicle?
----------3.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 ----3.0 2.0 2.0 --2.0 ------2.0 ----2.0
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 7.b: Public Safety
Questions refer to the operation of a county sheriff's department ...
Jurisdiction
Method of providing handguns to sworn deputies
For the majority of the sheriff's deputies, for what
shift hours are they primarily assigned?
Does sheriff's department have "One car, One driver rule"?
Gordon
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Jackson
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Liberty
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Newton
Officer provides
9 Hours
Yes
Spalding
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Troup
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Walker
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Walton
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Population Group C
Baldwin
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Bryan
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Coffee
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Chattooga
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Colquitt
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Decatur
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Grady
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Gilmer
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Haralson
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Habersham
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Yes
Harris
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Hart
Govt. provides
9 Hours
Yes
Jones
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Yes
Laurens
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Lee
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Lumpkin
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Murray
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Monroe
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Madison
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Oconee
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Pickens
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Peach
Other
12 Hours
Yes
Polk
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Sumter
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Stephens
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
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vehicle?
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 7.b: Public Safety
Questions refer to the operation of a county sheriff's department ...
Jurisdiction
Method of providing handguns to sworn deputies
For the majority of the sheriff's deputies, for what
shift hours are they primarily assigned?
Does sheriff's department have "One car, One driver rule"?
Tift
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Thomas
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Tattnall
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Toombs
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Upson
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Wayne
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
White
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Ware
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Population Group D
Appling
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Berrien
Officer provides
12 Hours
Yes
Brooks
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Brantley
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Burke
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Banks
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Ben Hill
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Butts
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Cook
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Crisp
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Dawson
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Dade
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Dodge
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Elbert
Officer provides
12 Hours
Yes
Emanuel
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Fannin
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Franklin
Govt. provides
9 Hours
Yes
Greene
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Jefferson
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Jeff Davis
Officer provides
12 Hours
Yes
Lamar
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Morgan
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Mitchell
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Meriwether
Govt. provides
10 Hours
Yes
McDuffie
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 7.b: Public Safety
Questions refer to the operation of a county sheriff's department ...
Jurisdiction
Method of providing handguns to sworn deputies
For the majority of the sheriff's deputies, for what
shift hours are they primarily assigned?
Does sheriff's department have "One car, One driver rule"?
Pierce
Officer provides
12 Hours
Yes
Putnam
Other
12 Hours
Yes
Pike
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Rabun
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Telfair
Other
8 Hours
No
Union
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Worth
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Yes
Population Group E
Bacon
Officer provides
12 Hours
Yes
Bleckley
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Charlton
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Candler
Officer provides
8 Hours
Yes
Cusseta-Chattahooch
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Dooly
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Early
Govt. provides
12 Hours
No
Evans
Officer provides
12 Hours
Yes
Heard
Officer provides
12 Hours
No
Jasper
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Long
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Lanier
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Macon
Govt. provides
9 Hours
Yes
McIntosh
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Oglethorpe
Officer provides
12 Hours
Yes
Pulaski
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Screven
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Towns
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Wilkes
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Population Group F
Atkinson
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Clay
Govt. provides
8 Hours
No
Clinch
Officer provides
9 Hours
Yes
Glascock
Other
8 Hours
Yes
Georgetown-Quitman
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Yes
Hancock
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
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vehicle?
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2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 7.b: Public Safety
Questions refer to the operation of a county sheriff's department ...
Jurisdiction
Method of providing handguns to sworn deputies
For the majority of the sheriff's deputies, for what
shift hours are they primarily assigned?
Does sheriff's department have "One car, One driver rule"?
Irwin
Officer provides
8 Hours
Yes
Johnson
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Jenkins
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Lincoln
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Marion
Officer provides
8 Hours
No
Montgomery
Officer provides
12 Hours
No
Miller
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Randolph
Officer provides
8 Hours
Yes
Stewart
Officer provides
9 Hours
Yes
Schley
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Seminole
Govt. provides
9 Hours
Yes
Treutlen
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Yes
Talbot
Govt. provides
8 Hours
Yes
Taliaferro
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Taylor
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Turner
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Warren
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Wilkinson
Govt. provides
12 Hours
Yes
Wheeler
Officer provides
12 Hours
Yes
Webster Unified
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vehicle?
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CHAPTER 8 Form of Government
This chapter briefly summarizes how governments elect or appoint their commissioners/mayors and board/council members.
Electing/appointing the chief elected official Popular vote Vote of council (municipality) Vote of commission (county)
Excluding the chief elected official: The methods of electing members of the board/council The number of seats on the board/council
Department of Community Affairs
Section 8. Form of Government
Number Group reporting
A
24
B
16
C
33
D
32
E
19
F
26
Total
150
Number electing/appointing the chief executive/commission chair by the following methods:
popular vote
#
%
vote of commission
#
%
no CEO/chair
#
%
18
75.0%
3
12.5%
0
0.0%
11
68.8%
5
31.3%
0
0.0%
17
51.5%
15
45.5%
1
3.0%
19
59.4%
13
40.6%
0
0.0%
10
52.6%
8
42.1%
0
10
38.5%
15
57.7%
0
0.0% 0.0%
85
56.7%
59
39.3%
1
0.7%
Number electing members of the commission by the following methods:
by district
#
%
at-large
#
%
some by district and some
by at-large
#
%
not applicable
#
%
16
66.7%
2
8.3%
2
8.3%
1
4.2%
12
75.0%
2
12.5%
1
6.3%
1
6.3%
24
72.7%
5
15.2%
1
3.0%
3
9.1%
25
78.1%
6
18.8%
0
0.0%
1
3.1%
15
78.9%
0
0.0%
0
21
80.8%
3
11.5%
1
0.0% 3.8%
3
15.8%
0
0.0%
113
75.3%
18
12.0%
5
3.3%
9
6.0%
Excluding the CEO or chair, what are the minimum and maximum number of seats
on the board? (1)
minimum
maximum
3
8
4
6
2
7
2
5
4
6
2
5
2
8
(1) - May show a '0' for those counties having a sole commissioner.
Section 8 - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 8: Form of Government
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Lowndes Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn Gordon Jackson
How is the chief executive or commission chair elected/appointed?
Excluding the chief executive or commission chair, how are
members of the board elected?
Excluding the chief executive or commission chair, how many seats are there on the board of commissioners?
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---
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Popular vote
not applicable
---
Popular vote
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
6
Popular vote
By district
8
Popular vote
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
4
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Vote of commission
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
7
Popular vote
By district
4
Vote of commission
District/at-large
4
Vote of commission
By district
5
Popular vote
District/at-large
6
Popular vote
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
5
Popular vote
At-large
4
Popular vote
By district
3
Popular vote
By district
4
Popular vote
At-large
4
Popular vote Popular vote Vote of commission Popular vote Popular vote Popular vote Vote of commission Vote of commission Vote of commission Popular vote
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By district By district By district By district By district By district At-large District/at-large At-large By district
6 6 4 4 6 5 4 6 4 4
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 8: Form of Government
County
Population Group B Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift
How is the chief executive or commission chair elected/appointed?
Excluding the chief executive or commission chair, how are
members of the board elected?
Excluding the chief executive or commission chair, how many seats are there on the board of commissioners?
Popular vote
By district
6
Popular vote
By district
5
Vote of commission
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
4
Popular vote
not applicable
---
Popular vote
By district
6
Vote of commission Popular vote Popular vote
Vote of commission Popular vote
Vote of commission Popular vote
Vote of commission Vote of commission
Popular vote Vote of commission Vote of commission
Popular vote Vote of commission Vote of commission
Popular vote Popular vote Popular vote Popular vote Popular vote Vote of commission
No CEO Vote of commission Vote of commission Vote of commission
Popular vote Vote of commission
Popular vote
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By district By district not applicable By district By district By district At-large By district At-large By district By district By district By district By district By district At-large By district By district not applicable At-large District/at-large not applicable By district At-large By district By district By district By district
4 5 --4 6 5 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 --4 4 --5 4 4 5 7 6
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 8: Form of Government
County
Population Group C Toombs Upson Ware Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun
How is the chief executive or commission chair elected/appointed?
Excluding the chief executive or commission chair, how are
members of the board elected?
Excluding the chief executive or commission chair, how many seats are there on the board of commissioners?
Popular vote
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
5
Vote of commission
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
4
Popular vote Popular vote Popular vote Vote of commission Popular vote Vote of commission Vote of commission Vote of commission Vote of commission Vote of commission Popular vote Popular vote Popular vote Popular vote Vote of commission Popular vote Popular vote Popular vote Vote of commission Popular vote Popular vote Popular vote Vote of commission Vote of commission Vote of commission Popular vote Popular vote Popular vote Vote of commission
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By district At-large By district By district At-large By district By district By district By district By district By district At-large By district By district By district At-large At-large By district By district By district By district By district By district By district By district By district By district By district At-large
5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 8: Form of Government
County
Population Group D Telfair Union Worth
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven Towns Wilkes
Population Group F Atkinson Clay Clinch Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln
How is the chief executive or commission chair elected/appointed?
Excluding the chief executive or commission chair, how are
members of the board elected?
Excluding the chief executive or commission chair, how many seats are there on the board of commissioners?
Vote of commission
By district
4
Popular vote
not applicable
---
Popular vote
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
5
Popular vote
not applicable
---
Popular vote
By district
4
Vote of commission
By district
4
---
---
---
Vote of commission
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
---
Vote of commission
By district
5
Popular vote
By district
6
Vote of commission
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
4
Vote of commission
By district
4
Vote of commission
By district
4
Vote of commission
By district
5
Popular vote
By district
5
Popular vote
not applicable
---
Vote of commission
By district
6
Popular vote
not applicable
---
Popular vote
By district
4
Popular vote Vote of commission
Popular vote Vote of commission
Popular vote Popular vote Popular vote Vote of commission Vote of commission Popular vote
Page 8 - 4
By district By district By district At-large At-large By district By district By district By district By district
5 4 5 4 2 4 4 4 4 4
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 8: Form of Government
County
Population Group F Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
How is the chief executive or commission chair elected/appointed?
Excluding the chief executive or commission chair, how are
members of the board elected?
Excluding the chief executive or commission chair, how many seats are there on the board of commissioners?
Vote of commission
District/at-large
4
Vote of commission
By district
4
Vote of commission
By district
4
Vote of commission
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
4
Vote of commission
By district
4
Vote of commission
By district
4
Vote of commission
By district
4
Popular vote
At-large
2
Vote of commission
By district
4
Vote of commission
By district
4
Vote of commission
By district
4
Popular vote
By district
2
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Vote of commission
By district
2
Popular vote
By district
4
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CHAPTER 9 E-Government
This chapter gives a brief overview of those governments that use the Internet to conduct government business, specifically:
Whether the government maintains an official website Types of services offered on the government website Whether government maintains a general email address
Department of Community Affairs
Section 9. E-Government
Number Group reporting
A
24
B
16
C
33
D
32
E
19
F
27
Total
151
Number of governments maintaining an official web site:
#
%
Number of government's providing the following online services on the official web site:
general information
tax payments
utility bill payments
voter registration
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
24
100.0%
24
100.0%
20
83.3%
11
45.8%
7
29.2%
16
100.0%
16
100.0%
12
75.0%
1
6.3%
3
18.8%
31
93.9%
31
100.0%
19
61.3%
5
16.1%
0
0.0%
27
84.4%
27
100.0%
14
51.9%
0
0.0%
5
18.5%
9
47.4%
11
122.2%
2
22.2%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
14
51.9%
12
85.7%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
7.1%
121
80.1%
121 100.0%
67
55.4%
67
55.4%
16
13.2%
car tags and renewals
#
%
20
83.3%
9
56.3%
7
22.6%
5
18.5%
1
11.1%
0
0.0%
42
34.7%
other
#
%
12
50.0%
9
56.3%
8
25.8%
3
11.1%
3
33.3%
2
14.3%
37
30.6%
Number of governments maintaining general email address for broad-spectrum concerns or information
from the public
#
%
17
70.8%
11
68.8%
15
45.5%
19
59.4%
11
57.9%
14
51.9%
87
57.6%
Section 9 - Summary
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 9: E-Government
County
Population Group A Athens-Clarke Augusta/Richmond
Does county maintain an official website where vital activities of county are presented?
Yes/No
Web address
Yes
www.athensclarkecounty.com
Yes
www.augustaga.gov
What online services does the county's website offer?
General
Utility bill
information Tax payments payments
Voter
Car tags and
registration
renewals
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Bartow Bibb Carroll Chatham Cherokee Clayton Cobb Columbia
Columbus/Muscogee Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry
Yes
www.bartowga.org
Yes
www.co.bibb.ga.us
Yes
www.carrollcountyga.com
Yes
www.chathamcounty.org
Yes
www.cherokeega.com
Yes
www.co.clayton.ga.us
Yes
www.cobbcountyga.gov
Yes
www.columbiacountyga.gov
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
www.columbusga.org
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
www.coweta.ga.us
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
www.dekalbcountyga.gov
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
www.CelebrateDouglasCounty.com
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
www.fayettecountyga.gov
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
Yes
www.forsythco.com
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
WWW.FULTONCOUNTYGA.GOV
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
www.gwinnettcounty.com
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
www.http://www.hallcounty.org/
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
www.co.henry.ga.us/
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Houston Lowndes
Yes
www.houstoncountyga.org
Yes
www.lowndescounty.com
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
---
Yes
Paulding Whitfield
Population Group B Barrow
Yes
www.paulding.gov
Yes
www.whitfieldcountyga.com
Yes
www.barrowga.org
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Other
Yes ---
Yes ------Yes Yes --Yes
--Yes ----Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
-----
Yes ---
---
Does county maintain a general email address for broad-spectrum concerns or information from the
public?
Yes/No
Email address
Yes
info@athensclarkecounty.com
Yes
Request a Service at
www.augustaga.gov
No
Yes
www.co.bibb.ga.us
Yes
info@carrollcountyga.com
No
No
No
Yes
information@cobbcounty.org
Yes
commissioners@columbiacountyga.go
v
Yes
webmaster@columbusga.org
Yes
cowetainfo@coweta.ga.us
Yes
311ccc@dekalbcountyga.gov
Yes
webmaster@co.douglas.ga.us
No
Yes
forsythpr@forsythco.com
Yes
customer.service@fultoncountyga.gov
Yes
webmaster@gwinnettcounty.com
No
Yes http://www.co.henry.ga.us/CountyMan ager/ContactUs.shtml
(Web link to general e-mail address)
No
Yes
www.lowndescounty.com
then click on hyper link that says "contact us"; there is a form to fill in and the inquirer may hit a "submit"
button.
Yes
administration@paulding.gov
Yes
webmaster@whitfieldcountyga.com
No
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 9: E-Government
County
Population Group B Bulloch Camden Catoosa Dougherty
Effingham Floyd Glynn Gordon Jackson Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton
Population Group C Baldwin Bryan Chattooga Coffee Colquitt Decatur Gilmer Grady Habersham Haralson Harris Hart Jones Laurens Lee Lumpkin Madison
Does county maintain an official website where vital activities of county are presented?
Yes/No
Web address
Yes
www.bullochcounty.net
Yes
www.co.camden.ga.us
Yes
www.catoosa.com
Yes
www.albany.ga.us
Yes
www.effinghamcounty.org
Yes
www.floydcountyga.org
Yes
www.glynncounty.org
Yes
www.gordoncounty.org
Yes
www.jacksoncountygov.com
Yes
www.libertycountyga.com
Yes
www.co.newton.ga.us
Yes
www.SpaldingCounty.com
Yes
www.troupcountyga.org
Yes
www.walkerga.us
Yes
www.waltoncountyga.gov
Yes
www.baldwincountyga.com
Yes
www.bryan-county.org
Yes
www.chattoogacountyga.com
Yes
www.coffeecountygov.com
Yes
www.ccboc.com
Yes
www.decaturcountyga.org
Yes
www.gilmercounty-ga.gov
Yes
www.gradycountyga.gov
Yes
www.habershamga.com
No
www.
Yes
www.harriscountyga.gov
Yes
www.hartcountyga.gov
Yes
www.jonescountyga.org
Yes
www.laurenscoga.org
Yes
www.lee.ga.us
Yes
www.lumpkincounty.gov
Yes
www.madisoncountyga.us
What online services does the county's website offer?
General
Utility bill
information Tax payments payments
Voter
Car tags and
registration
renewals
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
---
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---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
---
---
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Yes
---
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---
---
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
---
---
---
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Yes
Yes
Yes
---
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Yes
Yes
---
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Yes
Yes
Yes
---
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Other
--Yes --Yes
--Yes Yes --Yes Yes Yes Yes --Yes ---
Yes --------Yes Yes --Yes ------------Yes ---
Does county maintain a general email address for broad-spectrum concerns or information from the
public?
Yes/No
Email address
Yes
info@bullochcounty.net
Yes
kberry@co.camden.ga.us
Yes
commissioners@catoosa.com
Yes
www.dougherty.ga.us
and can call 311
Yes
pmorris@effinghamcounty.org
No
Yes
customerservice@glynncounty-ga.gov
No
No
No
Yes
newtonboc@co.newton.ga.us
Yes
Info@SpaldingCounty.com
Yes
troupboc@mindspring.com
Yes
www.walkerga.us
Yes
ltalbird@co.walton.ga.us
No
Yes
sshuman@bryan-county.org
Yes
chattcom@windstream.net
No
Yes
is@ccboc.com
Yes
www.decaturcountyga.org
No
No
Yes
jallison@habershamga.com
No
No
No
Yes
mike.underwood@jonescountyga.org
No
Yes
leecounty@lee.ga.us
Yes
commissioner@lumpkincounty.gov
No
webmaster@madisonco.us
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Department of Community Affairs
Section 9: E-Government
County
Population Group C Monroe Murray Oconee Peach Pickens Polk Stephens Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Upson Ware
Does county maintain an official website where vital activities of county are presented?
Yes/No
Web address
What online services does the county's website offer?
General
Utility bill
information Tax payments payments
Voter
Car tags and
registration
renewals
Yes
www.monroecountygeorgia.com
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
www.murraycountyga.org
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
www.oconeecounty.com
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
www.peachcounty.net
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
www.pickenscountyga.gov
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
www.polkcountygeorgia.us
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
www.stephenscountyga.com
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
www.sumtercountyga.us
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
No
www.
---
---
---
---
---
Yes
www.thomascountyboc.org
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
www.tiftcounty.org
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
www.toombscountyga.gov
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
www.upsoncountyga.org
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
www.warecounty.com
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Wayne White
Population Group D Appling Banks Ben Hill
Yes
www.co.wayne.ga.us
Yes
whitecounty.net
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
Yes
WWW.BAXLEY.ORG
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
www.co.banks.ga.us
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
WWW.BENHILLCOUNTY.COM
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Butts Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Emanuel Fannin
Yes
www.berriencountygeorgia.com
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
www.brantleycountyga.blogspot.com
---
---
---
---
---
No
www.
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
www.burkecounty-ga.gov
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
www.buttscounty.org
Yes
---
---
---
---
No
www.
---
---
---
---
---
Yes
www.crispcounty.com
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
www.dadecounty-ga.gov
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
www.dawsoncounty.org
Yes
Yes
---
---
Yes
Yes
www.dodgecountyga.com
Yes
---
---
---
---
No
www.
---
---
---
---
---
Yes www.emanuelchamber.org to city and county info Yes
---
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---
---
Yes
www.fannincountyga.org
Yes
---
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Yes
---
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Other
--Yes --Yes ------------------Yes
-----
Does county maintain a general email address for broad-spectrum concerns or information from the
public?
Yes/No
Email address
No
Yes
murraycountyga.org
Yes
contact@oconee.ga.us
Yes
webmaster@peachcounty.net
No
No
Yes
www.stephenscountyga.com
Yes
rfloyd@sumtercountyga.us
No
Yes
tcboc@rose.net
No
Yes
tccommissioners@bellsouth.net
No
No
you may contact the different
departments on the website.
No
No
---
No
Yes
Yes
webmaster@co.banks.ga.us
---
Yes BHCCLERK@BENHILLCOUNTY.C
OM
Yes
No
---
Yes
bcbc@btconline.net
---
No
---
Yes
county@burkecounty-ga.gov
---
Yes
feedback@buttscounty.org
---
No
Yes
Yes
info@crispcounty.com
---
No
---
Yes
generalinquiries@dawsoncounty.org
---
Yes
dodgecounty@bellsouth.net
---
No
---
Yes
emanboc@pineland.net
---
No
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 9: E-Government
County
Population Group D Franklin Greene Jeff Davis Jefferson Lamar McDuffie Meriwether Mitchell Morgan Pierce Pike Putnam Rabun Telfair Union Worth
Population Group E Bacon Bleckley Candler Charlton Cusseta-Chattahoochee Dooly Early Evans Heard Jasper Lanier Long Macon McIntosh Oglethorpe Pulaski Screven
Does county maintain an official website where vital activities of county are presented?
Yes/No
Web address
Yes
www.franklincountyga.com
Yes
www.greenecountyga.gov
No
www.
Yes
www.http://www.jeffersoncountyga.gov/
Yes
www.lamarcountyga.com
Yes
www.thomson-mcduffie.com
Yes
www.meriwethercountyga.org
Yes
www.mitchellcountygov.net
Yes
www.morganga.org
Yes
www.piercecountyga.org
Yes
www.pikecounty.ga.gov
Yes
www.putnamcountyga.us
Yes
www.rabuncountygov.com
No
www.
Yes
www.unioncountyga.gov
Yes
www.worthcountyboc.com
No
www.
Yes
www.bleckley.org
No
www.
No
www.
Yes
www.ugoccc.us
No
www.
No
www.
No
www.
Yes
www.heardcountyga.com
Yes
www.jaspercountyga.org.
Yes
www.laniercountyboc.com
Yes
www.longcountycommissioners.com
Yes
www.maconcountyga.gov
No
www.
Yes
www.onlineoglethorpe.com
No
www.
No
www.
What online services does the county's website offer?
General
Utility bill
information Tax payments payments
Voter
Car tags and
registration
renewals
Yes
Yes
---
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
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---
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
Yes
---
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Yes
Yes
---
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Yes
Yes
---
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---
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Yes
Yes
---
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Yes
Yes
Yes
---
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Yes
Yes
---
Yes
---
Yes
---
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Yes
---
Yes
Yes
---
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Yes
Yes
---
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
Yes
---
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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---
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Other
---------------------------------
Does county maintain a general email address for broad-spectrum concerns or information from the
public?
Yes/No
Email address
No
No
Yes
jdcboc@bellsouth.net
Yes
info@jeffersoncountyga.gov
Yes
cdavidson@lamarcountyga.com
Yes
dnorton@thomson-mcduffie.net
No
Yes
mitchellcountyga.net
No
No
Yes
info@pikecounty.ga.gov
Yes
putnamboc@putnamcountyga.us
Yes
rabuncountygov.com
Yes
telfairco@gmail.com
Yes
unioncounty@uniongov.com
No
---
Yes
rogerb@baconcounty.org
---
Yes
dsmith@bleckley.org
---
No
---
No
---
Yes
manager@ugoccc.us
---
No
---
No
---
No
Yes
Yes
heardcounty@charter.net
---
No
---
Yes
www.laniercountyboc.com
---
No
Yes
Yes
info@maconcountyga.gov
---
Yes
mcbc@darientel.net
---
Yes
sbpeterman@windstream.net
---
Yes
pulaskico@comsouth.net
---
No
2011 County Government Information Catalog
Department of Community Affairs
Section 9: E-Government
County
Population Group E Towns Wilkes
Population Group F Atkinson
Does county maintain an official website where vital activities of county are presented?
Yes/No
Web address
Yes
www.townscountyga.com
No
www.
Yes
www.
What online services does the county's website offer?
General
Utility bill
information Tax payments payments
Voter
Car tags and
registration
renewals
Yes
---
---
---
---
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
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Clay Clinch Echols County Georgetown-Quitman Glascock Hancock Irwin Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Marion Miller Montgomery Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Treutlen Turner Warren Webster Unified Wheeler Wilkinson
Yes
www.claycountyga.org
Yes
---
No
www.
---
---
Yes
www.echolscountygeorgia.org
Yes
---
No
www.
---
---
No
www.
---
---
Yes
www.hancockcountyga.gov
Yes
---
No
www.
---
---
No
www.
---
---
Yes
www.johnsonco.org
Yes
---
Yes
www.http://www.lincolncountyga.com
Yes
---
Yes
www.marioncountyga.org
Yes
---
Yes
www.millercountyga.org
---
---
Yes
www.montgomerycountyga.gov
Yes
---
No
www.
---
---
No
www.
---
---
Yes
www.seminolecountyga.com
Yes
---
No
www.
---
---
No
www.
---
---
No
www.
---
---
Yes
www.taylorcountyga.us
Yes
---
Yes
www.soperton-treutlen.org
Yes
---
Yes
www.turnercountyboc.org
Yes
---
No
www.
---
---
No
www.
---
---
No
www.
---
---
Yes
www.wilkinsoncounty.net
Yes
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--Yes
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Yes ------------------------------------Yes -------------
Does county maintain a general email address for broad-spectrum concerns or information from the
public?
Yes/No
Email address
Yes
townscommissioner@alltel.net
Yes
wilkescoboc@yahoo.com
Yes
atkinson-ga.org
t.guthrie@atkinson-ga.org
n.ford@atkinson-ga.org
Yes
administrator@claycountyga.org
Yes
clinchcounty@alltel.net
Yes
ecboc@yahoo.com
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
commissioners@johnsonco.org
No
Yes
marionga@windstream.net
Yes
millercounty@bellsouth.net
Yes
montco1@windstream.net
Yes
randolphcounty2000@yahoo.com
No
SCHLEYBOC@LIVE.COM
No
No
No
No
Yes
taylor@pstel.net
No
Yes
turneradmin@windstream.net
Yes
warrencoboc@classicsouth.net
Yes
websterco@windstream.net
No
Yes
bdofcomm@wilkinsoncounty.net
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