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Furniture left outside Athens school wasn't meant to be given away, say officials
The Clarke County School District did not circumvent its policy on disposal of surplus or unserviceable property in connection with stacks of chairs, chair-style desks and other items left recently on a sidewalk on the old Clarke Middle School campus, a school district spokeswoman said this week. The school will...
Athens company owes $5M after fleecing supplier, judge says
An Athens company whose products have been used by the Atlanta Braves and University of Georgia sports teams has been ordered to pay more than $5 million to a manufacturer it failed to reimburse for a massive supply of disinfectant equipment.
Winterville man spearheading recall effort against Athens mayor fires back at legal challenge
Apparently acting as his own attorney, the leader of a recall effort targeting Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz, Clarke County Sheriff John Q. Williams and Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez has made his first legal filing in Girtz’s petition to dismiss the application for a recall petition against him.
Commissioner Houle Discusses Collective Bargaining Agreement with ACC Firefighters
Athens-Clarke County Commissioners will nail down the details of the suggested budget FY 25 budget in their upcoming meeting next week. The $300 million dollar spending plan will include $193 million in general fund spending. In addition to the measure proposed by Mayor Kelly Girtz, commissioners will also consider a budget put forth by Commissioners Jesse Houle, Dexter Fisher, and Mike Hamby. One consideration their plan presents is $700,000 dollars to fund the “effects” of the new collective bargaining agreement with ACC firefighters. His discussed those effects with WUGA.
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