Public Notices

The Lee County Board of Commissioners will hold a Finance Committee Meeting on Monday, May 4, 2026 at 3:00 pm in the Kinchafoonee Conference Room of the T. Page Tharp Governmental Building, located at 102 Starksville Avenue North, Leesburg, GA 31763. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the FY 2026-2027 Budget.

The Lee County Board of Commissioners has received information from Mr. Philip Husain, the Chair of the Lee County Board of Tax Assessors, regarding some issues in connection with the calculation of the annual rollback rate for county ad valorem taxes related to the 2025 tax digest. Mr. Husain was appointed to the Board of Tax Assessors by the Board of Commissioners on December 9, 2025, so he was not a member of the Tax Assessors Board when the calculation of the annual rollback rate for...

Lee County, GA – The Lee County Utilities Authority has issued a public notice regarding a drinking water standards violation involving fluoride levels in the county’s water system. View the April 8, 2026 notice here. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has determined that the Lee County Utilities Authority Water System, a community water system, exceeded the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for fluoride, in violation of the Georgia Rules for Safe Drinking Water (Rule...

The Lee County Board of Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing regarding the proposed FY 2026-2027 budget on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 6:00pm in the Opal Cannon Auditorium of the T. Page Tharp Governmental Building, located at 102 Starksville Avenue North, Leesburg, GA 31763. This Public Hearing is open to the public and the public is encouraged to attend. A copy of the proposed budget for the Lee County Board of Commissioners for FY2026-2027 is available for review at the County...

NOTICE OF VIOLATION Fluoride MCL Violation (Type – 02) Public Notification Requested (Tier 2) Lee County Utilities Authority Water System, Lee County WSID#: GA 1770068, EP 310 Violation ID:2025-43142 Notice of Violation (NOV) of the Georgia Rules for Safe Drinking Water (Rules) 391-3-5-.18 and Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 141.62 for the Lee County Water System, in Lee County, a Community Water System. During a review of sample analysis results, the Environmental...

The offices of the Lee County Board of Commissioners will be closed Friday, April 3, 2026 in observance of Good Friday. County offices will reopen for regular business hours on Monday, April 6, 2026. Residential garbage collection will not be affected and will run as scheduled.

April 11, 2026 9:00 am – 12:00 pm This annual event helps improve the appearance of our community by allowing the citizens of Lee County to bring their unwanted items to the landfill (located at 759 Highway 32 East) at no cost! Simply bring items that you no longer need to the landfill! Household garbage is not permitted at the landfill. If you would like to volunteer, please contact the Lee County Code Enforcement Office at (229) 759-6000 or email us at...

Due to a conflict, the March meeting of the Lee County Board of Assessors is being changed from March 9, 2026 to March 2, 2026 at 4:30. The meeting will be held in the conference room of the Tax Assessors Office located at 104 Leslie Highway, Suite B, Leesburg, Georgia 31763. The meeting is open to the public.

Qualifying of candidates for the May 19, 2026 General Primary/Nonpartisan Election and November 3, 2026 General Election will be held March 2–6, 2026. The qualifying period will begin at 9:00 a.m. Monday, March 2, 2026 and will end at 12:00 noon on Friday, March 6, 2026. The qualifying fees are as follows: County Office Qualifying Fee County Commissioner District 1 and 3 $169.16 School Board Member District 1 and...

The Department of Community Affairs has adopted new mandatory State Minimum Standard Codes with Georgia Amendments which will become effective on January 1, 2026. The new codes and amendments are as follows: 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) with Georgia Amendments 2024 International Building Code (IBC) with Georgia Amendments 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) with Georgia Amendments 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) with Georgia Amendments 2024 International...

The offices of the Lee County Board of Commissioners will be closed Monday, January 19, 2026 in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday. County offices will reopen for regular business on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Residential garbage collection will not be affected and will run as scheduled.

The Board of County Commissioners is required by O.C.G.A. 21-2-131, to fix and publish qualifying fees for county offices not later than February 1 of any year in which a general primary, nonpartisan election, or general election is to be held. The qualifying fees for the offices of clerk of superior court, judge of probate court, sheriff, tax commissioner, and magistrate shall be 3% of the minimum base salary, specified in state law for each county based on population. The base which...