Public Notices

The Lee County Tax Assessor’s Office has identified an error in the calculation of Homestead Exemptions applied to property owners who submitted their Homestead application during the appeal period of July 1, 2025 through August 15, 2025. This issue is related to the implementation of HB 581 and has since been corrected within the Tax Assessor’s system. Updated information will be provided to the Tax Commissioner’s Office so that affected properties may be re-billed accurately. This...

Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 21-2-492 notice is hereby given that the computation and canvassing of the returns of votes cast in the November 4, 2025 Special General Election will take place in the Elections and Registration Office, 100 Starksville Avenue North, Suite B, Leesburg, Georgia. Computation and canvassing will begin Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 9:00 am. The Board of Elections and Registration will meet to certify the returns on November 10, 2025 at 9:00 am.

A public hearing shall be held at the Opal Cannon Auditorium in the T. Page Tharp Governmental Building, located at 102 Starksville Avenue North in Leesburg, on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 6:00 pm before the Lee County Board of Commissioners. The Board will consider a resolution transmitting a draft Capital Improvements Element Annual Update to the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission for regional review pursuant to the Georgia Planning Act of 1989.

Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 21-2-386 and State Election Board Rule 183-1-14-0.7-15, the citizens of Lee County are hereby notified the Lee County Board of Elections and Registration will begin the processing of paper absentee ballots cast in the November 4, 2025 Special General Election at 9:30 am on Thursday, October 30, 2025 in the Elections and Registration Office, 100 Starksville Avenue North, Suite B, Leesburg, and continue until complete. Tabulation of results will begin at 6:00 pm on...

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...

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM (Post Award Hearing) The Lee County Board of Commissioners will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 6:00 P.M. in the Opal Cannon Auditorium of the T. Page Tharp Governmental Building, located at 102 Starksville Avenue North, Leesburg, GA 31763, for the purpose of discussing the approved activities of the County’s Community Development Block Grant. On October 6, 2025 the County was awarded a grant in the...

The Daily Ballot Recap for the November 4, 2025 Special General Election will be updated by 10:00 am Monday – Friday when reports are available. Daily Ballot Recap PDF Date Absentee By Mail Ballots & EBD Issued Absentee By Mail Ballots Returned Absentee By Mail Ballots Rejected Absentee By Mail Ballots Cured & Accepted Provisional Absentee By Mail Ballots Issued Provisional ABM Ballots Cure & Accepted Advance In Person Ballots...

2025 Municipal General/Special Election PSC (Public Service Commissioner) Advance Voting Location is open to all Lee County registered voters: Lee County Elections Office 100 Starksville Avenue North, Suite B Leesburg, Georgia 31763 Tuesday – Friday, October 14-17 8:15 am – 5:00 pm Saturday, October 18 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday – Friday, October 20-24 8:15 am – 5:00 pm Saturday, October 25 9:00 am – 5:00...

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...