DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Dawson County Commissioners decided they need more time to study the classification and compensation plan proposed by the Archer Company. The issue was tabled until the next regular meeting on March 2. More than 400 county employees have left for greener pastures in the last six years, costing taxpayers nearly $1.5 million […]
Read More »Taxpayer Bills Go Up When County Employees Leave for Higher Paying Jobs in Other Counties
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Dawson County officials say more than 400 county employees have left for greener pastures in the last six years, costing taxpayers nearly $1.5 million to hire and train their replacements. That is a turnover ratio of about 100 percent. Thursday county commissioners will vote on a new employee compensation plan aimed at […]
Read More »Walmart Evacuated After Bomb Threat Sunday
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson confirmed Monday afternoon that it was a bomb threat that led to the evacuation of Walmart off Ga. 400 Sunday. In an email, Johnson said the Sheriff’s Office received a bomb threat at approximately 6:29 p.m. Sunday. Deputies responded and a three-hour search was conducted utilizing Explosive […]
Read More »Commissioners Review GDOT Roundabout Proposal
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Dawson County Board of Commissioners will review a proposal by the Georgia Department of Transportation to build a roundabout at SR 136 Bailey Waters/Keith Evans Road intersection during Thursday’s work session that begins at 4 p.m. GDOT provided commissioners with three concepts for their consideration, five year crash data, and a […]
Read More »Child Dies of Injuries in Wednesday Car Wreck
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – The 2-year-old child injured in an automobile accident in Dawson County Wednesday has died. Georgia State Patrol has identified the child as Adelyn Eubanks of Ball Ground. Following the accident, Eubanks was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, then airlifted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for treatment. The child […]
Read More »Drowning Victim Was a Dawson County Man
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Authorities have identified the man who drowned at War Hill Park Tuesday as David Howser, 55, of 711 River Valley Road in Dawsonville. David Manke, a friend of the victim, told Forsyth County Deputy C.A. Miller that Howser was attempting to swim back to shore when he went under water and never […]
Read More »County Will Get 65 “Gently Used” Voting Machines
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The county’s aging voting machines are about to be replaced. The machines have been in use for 16 years and can no longer be repaired. Commissioners voted Thursday to buy 65 machines from San Diego County at a cost of $39,194.90. San Diego’s machines have only been used once but, because their […]
Read More »County Employees Health Insurance Cost Increases
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Dawson County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to increase by five percent the amount county employees will contribute to their own health insurance plan with Northwest Benefit Corporation. In the past, the county has paid 85 percent of the cost while employees paid the remaining 15 percent. The plan approved […]
Read More »Rain Did Not Dampen Memorial Day Spirit
“I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free And I won’t forget the men who died who gave that right to me” Lee Greenwood DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Monday’s gray skies and steady rainfall dampened the day just a bit, but it did not dampen the spirit of those who gathered […]
Read More »Dawson County Economy is Booming in 2017
DAWSONVILLE Ga. – The economic doldrums of the past 10 years appear to be over in Dawson County. Charlie Auvermann, executive director of the Development Authority of Dawson County, says the 400 corridor is bustling with new business development, jobs are available for anyone who wants to work and sales tax revenue has experienced […]
Read More »Expect Delays on Harmony Church Road Wednesday
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Those who commute from the Sardis/Price Road/Harmony Church Road area in north Hall to reach Ga. 400 should find an alternate route on Wednesday, May 3. Dawson County Public Works Director David McKee says road crews will be topping the last one-mile section of Harmony Church before Ga. 400 on that day […]
Read More »BOC Hears Request for New Staffer in Planning Dept.
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – With a 41 percent increase in traffic in the last year and a 32 percent increase in revenue since the workload in the Dawson County Planning and Development Department is outpacing its staff. “I have folks coming in early and staying late and the touch part is I have to comp that […]
Read More »Commissioners Vote on Budget Amendment Thursday
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Dawson County Board of Commissioners will vote on a $374,440.42 increase in the Fiscal Year 2017 budget to accommodate the county employee pay raise approved last month when they meet Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Dawson County Government Center Assembly Room. County commissioners say the salary increase was necessary to […]
Read More »City Council to Decide on Request to Relax Noise and Light Restrictions at Atlanta Motorsports Park
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Dawsonville City Council will meet Monday, Apil 3 at 5 p.m. in the G.L. “Pete” Gilleland Council Chambers at City Hall, 415 Highway 53 East. Among the items council will decide is an amendment to zoning conditions that would relax noise and light restrictions on Atlanta Mororsports Park at 80 […]
Read More »County Commission Work Session Scheduled Thursday
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Dawson County Board of Commissioners will have a very full agenda for Thursday’s Work Session, which is set to begin at 4 p.m. in the Government Center Assembly Room. Work sessions are held every two weeks for the purpose of allowing commissioners to discuss and debate issues that can be voted […]
Read More »Commissioners Authorize GDOT Letter of Support
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) could begin work immediately on access controls where Ga. Hwy. 400 intersects with Kilough Church Road and the North Georgia Premium Outlets after Dawson County Commissioners voted last night to authorize a letter of support for the project. The Right In Right Out Left In (RIROLI) […]
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