Public Safety accounts for over half of the county’s annual expenditures. (Henry County photo) Commissioners heard from department cluster leaders on Monday morning about their FY 2021 budget requests. The meeting was one in a series of budget workshops being held by the county. The budget workshops are happening after commissioners requested to be more... Continue Reading →
McDonough police car in August 2017 (staff photo) In one of the city's first purchases that will be credited to SPLOST V, the McDonough council approved the purchase and outfitting of eight new police cars for the city. The new vehicles will be 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe police pursuit vehicles. The SUVs will be purchased from... Continue Reading →
In September, Henry County approved the purchase of seventy-seven new vehicles for public safety. Now, the board has approved outfitting fifty-seven of those cars for Henry County Police Department and the fire department. The board awarded the bid to West Chatham Warning Devices at their January 7 meeting. The vehicles and their equipment are financed... Continue Reading →
Henry County commissioners voted 6-0 to obtain financing via an equipment lease purchase, not to exceed $4,150,000, for the purchase of seventy-seven (77) public safety vehicles. The commissioners unanimously approved the vehicle bids in the preceding agenda item. The funds will require three annual payments through September 1, 2022. The interest rate equals 1.57%. Henry... Continue Reading →
Henry County's proposed annual operating budget for the upcoming 2019-2020 fiscal year includes ten new police officers; however, discussion among the county commissioners expressed support for additional positions. District I Commissioner Johnny Wilson recommended ten additional positions be added to hire a total of twenty new officers and proposed a 0.25 millage rate increase to... Continue Reading →
The Henry County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved a contract to start construction on the rebuild of Fire Station 8. The station, formerly located on Flippen Road, will be rebuilt at 975 Jodeco Road. Discussions about the fire station started in 2016 when the old fire station was determined to no longer be habitable.... Continue Reading →
