Magistrate Court to Close Temporarily for Carpet Replacement

Butts County Magistrate Court will close at noon on Thursday, April 7th and all day on Friday, April 8th to have their carpet that was saturated during the roof leaks replaced. It should take only one day to complete the job; therefore, the Magistrate Court will open for business as usual the following Monday, April[...]
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Flovilla Water Advisory Lifted

Flovilla’s boil-water advisory was lifted Tuesday afternoon, according to Mayor Beth Ogletree. The Georgia EPD has cleared the water quality following a water main break that caused dangerously low pressures in parts of the system.
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Novak Finalist for National 911 Award

Sabrina Novak, a 9-1-1 telecommunicator for Butts County E-911 is among a select group of national finalists in the Smart Telecommunicator Awards, a program that recognizes and rewards 9-1-1 telecommunicators for their contributions to their 9-1-1 agency and community. Over the past several weeks, colleagues and citizens have nominated 9-1-1 call-takers and dispatchers (telecommunicators) across[...]
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Flovilla Water Service Message

At the request of the City of Flovilla, we are posting the following announcement to residents served by the City of Flovilla Water System: BOIL WATER NOTICE Due to a water main break in the City of Flovilla, water pressure in parts of the water system dropped to dangerously low levels. When this occurs a[...]
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Butts County Office Closings for Good Friday

The following offices will be closed on Friday, March 25th for Good Friday: Clerk of Superior Court Probate Court Tax Commissioner’s Office (tag office) Magistrate Court Elections All other business offices will close early at 2PM.
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GMTA Lawsuit on Fuel Sales Dismissed

Following last year’s passage of House Bill 170 which imposed a new excise tax on motor fuels, the Georgia Motor Trucking Association filed a suit intended to overturn parts of the law and which could have had potentially disastrous economic fallout on local governments who also collect SPLOST dollars from the sale of motor vehicle[...]
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Transportation Board to Meet March 24th

The Joint City-County Transportation Board will meet on Thursday, March 24th at 6PM in the C. Wayne King Auditorium located in the Butts County Administration Building, 625 West Third Street, Suite 4, Jackson, Georgia. The public is invited to attend.
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Fire Department Receives New Pumper

The Board of Commissioners approved the final purchase for a new fire engine for the Butts County Fire Department at this week’s BOC meeting and the new truck has been received and put into service. This is the first of two new fire engines that were approved by voter referendum in 2011 to be paid[...]
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Notice of Called Meeting

The Butts County Board of Commissioners will hold a Called Meeting at 4PM on Monday, March 21st for the purpose of going in to executive session to discuss personnel and real estate.  The meeting will be in the C. Wayne King Auditorium located at the Butts County Administration Building, 625 W. Third Street, Jackson, Georgia 30233. [...]
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