At the annual State of the County event held Feb. 19, 2020, Forsyth County Board of Commissioners Chairman Laura Semanson presented the 2020 State of the County address.  Read the State of the County Address

At 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider the extension and/or enactment of a proposed moratorium barring the acceptance of land disturbance permit applications on properties zoned Res6 and Res4. The public hearing will be held in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room, Suite 220, of the Forsyth County Administration Building (110 East Main Street). The purpose of the public hearing shall be for public review and comment concerning a proposed moratorium barring the acceptance of land disturbance permit applications on properties zoned Res6 and Res4. The moratorium may be enacted for the Board of Commissioners to ...

Forsyth County's Board of Commissioners discuss some of the achievement's from their districts in 2019 and look forward to what is ahead in 2020. 

For an up-to-date list of offices up for election in 2020 as well as qualifying fees, click here to visit the Forsyth County Voter Registrations & Elections page.

Update on Asphalt Plant Public Hearing: During the Dec. 19, 2019 meeting, the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners voted to terminate the county-initiated Conditional Use Permit (CUP) request for an asphalt plant in SE Forsyth. However, because of the timing of the publication of the agenda for the Jan. 9, 2020 meeting, the public hearing for this CUP (CP190040) still appears on the Jan. 9 agenda. Because the application has been terminated, the Board is anticipated to vote during the Jan. 9 meeting to remove the public hearing (No. 5) from the agenda.    There have been a number of questions ...

Forsyth becomes 22nd Georgia county to adopt a tobacco-free policy   During their Aug. 1, 2019 meeting, the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved an ordinance making all county parks tobacco and vape free. The ordinance prohibits the use of tobacco, tobacco products, vapes or other alternative nicotine products in any form at all parks and recreation facilities, indoors and outdoors.   At public hearings on the topic, the Forsyth County Parks and Recreation Board and Forsyth County Health Department expressed their support for tobacco-free parks.   “Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death and disability in the U.S. so it made sense that the county adopt this ordinance for the safety of our ...

During two meetings in July, the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners adopted all millage rates levied in the county. The county’s portion of the overall millage rate is 7.936 mills, the same as last year.   During a July 23 special called meeting, the Board of Commissioners adopted a required resolution for all millage rates levied in the county, including the Board of Education and the new South Forsyth CID along with the county’s rates adopted July 18.   At the July 18 meeting, the board voted to adopt the county’s Maintenance and Operations (M&O) millage rate of 4.791 mills. Due to the growth in the tax digest, M&O property taxes levied ...

Three public hearings to allow for public input   The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners announces its intention to increase the county’s Maintenance & Operating and Fire millage rates. The Bond Rate is advertised to be reduced. Due to the growth in the tax digest, Maintenance & Operating property taxes levied by the County this year will increase by a net 7.42% over the rollback millage rate.   The proposed county net Maintenance & Operations rate increased to 4.791 mills. The proposed Fire rate increased to 2.175 mills. The proposed Bond rate will be reduced to 0.970 mills. These rates will fund the county’s 2020 general operating budget, which is currently in the ...

At 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 6, 2019, the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider the extension of an emergency moratorium on the acceptance of land disturbance permit application on properties that were zoned Highway Business and Commercial Business before December 31, 2000.  The public hearing will be held in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room, Suite 220 of the Forsyth County Administration Building at 110 East Main Street, Cumming, Georgia 30040.  The purpose of the public hearing shall be for public review and comment concerning a possible extension until September 6, 2019 of an emergency moratorium ...

At the annual State of the County event held May 8, 2019, Forsyth County Board of Commissioners Chairman Laura Semanson presented the 2019 State of the County address.  Read the text of the State of the County address.