Daily News

Cherokee County Commissioners reappointed Larry Kearney and Erik Brinke to the Economic Development Commission and accepted a bid of $125,000 for the Maintenance Building. Commissioners adopted the 2020-21 budget with no property tax increase and Chair Roy Dickey spoke about the challenges in this year’s budget. The State of Georgia is preparing to distribute federal CARES Act funds to counties and cities for expenses incurred because of the COVID 19 pandemic. This Phase I allocation provides a maximum of $411,264 to Fannin County, $189,033 to Towns County and $384,928 to Union County. Over the weekend Towns County was the victim of vandalism and graffiti consistent with the Black Lives Matter movement.