Hill Street plans recommended
The city of Griffin has recommended three intersection improvements along Hill Street as part of the Livable Centers Initiative.
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City OKs water agreement with county
The current water sales agreement between Griffin, Spalding County and the Spalding County Water and Sewerage Facilities Authority expires in 2020.
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Transportation group talks road projects
Local officials discussed several needed, upcoming and ongoing road projects at the Griffin Spalding Area Transportation Committee meeting Thursday.
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City to expand online payment services
The City of Griffin and nCourt — an Atlanta-based government technology company — have entered into a partnership that will provide Griffin residents the ability to use credit cards or debit cards to pay fines and fees 24 hours a day online or through phone via nCourt’s live call center, according to a press release by the Griffin Police Department (GPD).
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Airport funding deal revised again
The funding agreement for the Griffin-Spalding Airport Authority is once again up for discussion by the county commissioners.
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Griffin cracks down on junk cars
Griffin is cracking down on junk cars with an ordinance change to better regulate where junked or inoperable vehicles can be parked.
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City tables revised airport funding deal
The Griffin-Spalding Airport Authority remains unfunded as the city and county have not agreed on a funding agreement for the authority and the airport.
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SRT trains for high-risk situations
The Griffin Police Department’s Special Response Team used the old electric department building this week for some force-on-force training.
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Griffin cracking down on junk cars
Griffin is cracking down on junk cars with an ordinance change to better regulate where junked or inoperable vehicles can be parked.
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Griffin raising electric rates
To cover unfunded federal environmental compliance mandates at power plants, the City of Griffin will be raising electric rates as of May 1.
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Griffin split on support of airport
The City of Griffin commissioners were split 4-3 on financially supporting the airport and an intergovernmental agreement between the city, the county and the Griffin-Spalding Airport Authority.
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City submitting $500,000 block grant request
After a conflict of interest public hearing, the City of Griffin Board of Commissioners voted to submit the request for another $500,000 Community Development Block Grant.
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Airport has to buy apartment site
The Griffin Spalding Airport will have to buy the Hangar One Apartments. As the Airport Authority has no source of revenue and the city still operates the airport, the city will have to pay for the acquisition of the land up front and get reimbursed from GDOT.
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City, county negotiate TAVT split
The new title ad valorem tax, which replaced the “birthday tax,” also requires a new way split the excess tax proceeds, should there be any excess.
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Cities asked to adopt body art ordinance
The Body Art Ordinance adopted in December by the Spalding County Board of Health was automatically added to the county ordinances, but the cities of Griffin, Orchard Hill and Sunny Side are being asked adopt it as well.
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City OKs repaving of tennis courts
The City of Griffin approved the bid from Sunbelt Asphalt of Auburn, Ga., for tennis court reconstruction at City Park for $42,800, and amended the budget accordingly.
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Bus study moving forward
Griffin and Spalding County are looking at the possibility of a local bus system.
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Four airport parcels deemed non-essential
Following up on a request from the Griffin Spalding Airport Authority, the city commissioners voted Tuesday to request four tracts of airport property be declared non-essential for aviation use.
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Four city posts up for vote
The Griffin Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to call for elections this November for four of the seven commission seats.
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Griffin offering public Wi-Fi
Griffin has created Wi-Fi hotspots across the city. Initially created to allow city police officers to file their reports online and not have to return to the police station, said Jack Poland, the city’s chief information officer, the hotspots have now been opened up “for the citizens to get more usage out of it.”
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Airport to be 'run like a business'
Airport Authority Chairman Dick Morrow said at Monday’s meeting that the authority’s Transition Committee is working on the transition of airport operations and ownership from the city and county to the Airport Authority, “to get away from politics and make it a standalone business.”
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