Public Notices

The regular scheduled meeting of the Lee County Utilities Authority has been changed from Thursday, October 16, 2025 to Wednesday, October 15, 2025. The change is due to the parage in downtown Leesburg scheduled for October 16, 2025.

The Lee County Utilities Authority will hold a Special Called Meeting Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 12:00 pm in the Kinchafoonee Meeting Room of the T. Page Tharp Governmental Building, located at 102 Starksville Avenue North, Leesburg, Georgia. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss bond refinancing options.

Absentee-by-Mail Voting will be available for all registered voters. To obtain an Absentee-by-Mail ballot you may: Use the ballot request portal available at https://securemyabsenteeballot.sos.ga.gov/s/ Download an application from the Elections & Registrations webpage Request an application from the Elections Office at (229) 759-6002 Visit the Elections Office, 100 Starksville Avenue North, Suite B, Leesburg, Georgia. Absentee-by-Mail ballots for voters will be mailed...

Z25-036 MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE: The goal of Lee County’s Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update is to make residents, businesses, property owners, operators of critical infrastructure, and municipalities less susceptible to the effects of future disasters by increasing the disaster resistance of the County and its municipalities. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Lee County Board of Commissioners, Leesburg City Council and Smithville City Council...

A Special Called Meeting of the Lee County Board of Commissioners will be held Friday, September 26, 2025 at 10:00 am in the Opal Cannon Auditorium of the T. Page Tharp Governmental Building, located at 102 Starksville Avenue North, Leesburg, GA 31763. The purpose of this meeting is to hold a Public Hearing and set the 2025 millage rate. Current 2025 Tax Digest & 5 Year History of Levy

Notice is hereby given that Logic and Accuracy Testing on the voting equipment to be used in the November 4, 2025 Special General Election will begin at 9:00 am on September 29, 2025. The testing will be held in the Elections and Registration Office and the Elections Storage Building located at 100 Starksville Avenue North, Leesburg, Georgia. Representatives of political parties and bodies, news media, and the public shall be permitted to observe the testing. Testing will continue daily...

The objective of the 2016 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) process was to research, analyze, and identify prospective impediments to fair housing choice throughout non-entitlement areas of the State. To ensure an accurate evaluation of current fair housing conditions, the AI includes a review of demographic and housing market data, relevant legislation, policies and practices affecting fiar housing, public education and outreach efforts and direct community involvement...

Please view the 2025 August Flooding document below for information regarding availability of flood insurance, drainage design standards, rainfall totals for early August. 2025 August Flooding Information

Lee County is transitioning its erosion and sediment control plan reviews to the Georgia Soil & Water Conservation Commission, Region 5 Office. This change reflects an effort to streamline the review process and improve service delivery at the local level. Beginning August 14, 2025, all qualifying plans submitted to Lee County for review will be evaluated by the Region 5 Office. This will replace the current process where plans are reviewed by the Georgia Soil & Water Conservation...

The Lee County Utilities Authority is proud of the fine drinking water it provides. The Annual Water Quality Reports show the sources of our water, lists the results of our tests, and contains important information about our water and health. The Lee County Utilities Authority will notify you immediately if there is any reason for concern about our water. We are happy to show you how we have surpassed water quality standards. The Authority contracts with the Georgia Environment Protection...

Contact Kinetic to pre-register by calling (229) 920-4274, scanning the QR Code in the PDF below, or check your availability on Kinetic's website. Windstream Kinetic Fiber internet will provide more bandwidth for today’s connected home, smoother streaming, faster uploads and downloads, and more speed and reliability. View the Windstream Kinetic Fiber Internet Flyer Kinetic Fiber Service Update - May 13, 2025

Lee County is a designated Broadband Ready Community. Please contact the County Manager's Office for questions regarding broadband.