During its January 21, 2015 meeting, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the 2015 General Fund budget, with no millage rate increase.  

The final $628,691,032 budget includes a range of services for residents countywide, and restores several previously reduced services. Highlights include:

The Fulton County Office of Workforce Development served over 41,163 job seekers in 2014 with 4,564 participating in onsite recruitment orientations and Job Readiness workshops.

Fulton County Cooperative Extension wants to help residents keep their New Year’s resolution to get their credit in order. The University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (UGA CAES) has posted information to help consumers with managing credit wisely.

The Fulton County Department of Aging and Youth Services’ senior facilities will serve as warming sites during operating hours to provide seniors and other citizens another alternative for keeping warm during extreme winter weather.  

When the weather report calls for freezing temperatures overnight, you do not want to be rushing outside in the dark to cover cold-sensitive plants. According to University of Georgia (UGA) experts, protect plants in containers either by placing them inside a protective structure (house, garage, greenhouse or shed) or by placing a protective covering over them.

When the lights go out, many people quickly learn how dependent they are on their stoves and microwaves. How would you prepare your food without electricity?  In preparation for a possible outage, Fulton County Cooperative Extension says residents do not have to go hungry during a power failure. They just have to be prepared.

During today’s Fulton County Board of Commissioners’ meeting, Commissioner Liz Hausmann was unanimously selected by her peers to serve as Vice Chair of the Board of Commissioners for 2015.

Vice Chair Hausmann has served on the Fulton County Board of Commissioners since 2011, and was re-elected without opposition in November 2014.  She was administered the oath of office for her second term earlier today.

Click the links below for results from the January 6, 2015 special election.