Macon County Commissioners Budget Work Session II: Public Safety

Here is the video of the second budget work session of the Macon County Commissioners. You can see the first one by clicking here. This session lasted for two hours and forty minutes. The next budget work session has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 4th at 5.30pm and will focus on the budget request by the Macon County School Board. You might get a handle on what the Board of Education will be presenting to the County Commissioners...

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Macon County Planning Board May 30, 2013

The Macon County Planning Board met yesterday for it's regular monthly meeting. The main topic of discussion was the proposed Flood Plain Ordinance. A dozen people spoke against allowing fill in the flood plain. Members of the board discussed NC Senate Bill 612, which, if signed into law, would render the current discussion moot because it would not allow the counties to pass regulations that are more stringent than state regulations....

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Franklin Aldermen June 2013 Meeting Agenda

Here is the public agenda and the press kit for the JUne meeting of the Franklin Town Board of Aldermen. I plan on being there to record this meeting. Town of Franklin Board of Aldermen  Meeting Agenda Monday June 3, 2013 - 7:00 p.m.  Call to order -Mayor Collins Approval of the May 6 and May 14, 2013 board minutes Public hearing 7:05 p.m. on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2013-2014 Consideration of the proposed budget...

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Macon County Board of Education 05-28-2013

Here is video of the May meeting of the Macon County Board of Education that took place on Monday, May 28, 2013. The video could not have been recorded without the help of Travis Tallent, a reporter for the Macon County News.  ...

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Macon County Commissioners 05-28-2013

Here is video of the first budget work session by the Macon County Commissioners for the 2013-2014 Fiscal Year....

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Memorial Day General Order No 11 and a History of the Observance

General Order No. 11 "Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic." -- General Logan - May 5, 1868 Today is the day set aside for remembering fallen veterans.  The local Memorial Day ceremonies: FRANKLIN -- Veterans Memorial Park at 1288 Georgia Rd. Ceremony begins at 11:15am. In case...

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USFS hold Plan Revision Session for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests in Franklin

Here is video of the USFS Plan Revision Session that took place in Franklin last night. More information from the US Forest Service. ...

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Macon County Commissioners 05-20-2013

**update 1.51pm** Here is a copy of the proposed budget: 2014 Admin Recommended Budget Here is the video of Monday night's meeting of the Macon County Commissioners that took place in Highlands, NC. I have also included the public agenda for your convenience and the press kit in the interest of promoting transparency. No other local media organization makes this information available to the citizens of Macon County. If you are...

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NC Public Utilities Commission to hold Public Hearing in Franklin Tonight

UPDATE: Here is the video of the public hearing. A May 21 hearing will be held in Franklin on Duke Energy Carolinas’ 9.7 percent rate-hike request. The hearing will be one of six the N.C. Utilities Commission scheduled, that will end in a July 8 public hearing in Raleigh where Duke Energy and expert witnesses will offer testimony.  See video of the previous public hearing at http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/nc-public-utilities-hearing-in-franklin.html ======...

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Macon County Manager's Budget Message Delivered to County Commissioners

**update** 05-22-2013 Here is a copy of the proposed budget: 2014 Admin Recommended Budget Update #1: I have added a copy of last year's budget message for comparison's sake at the end of this article. Update #2: Here is a searchable text of the current budget message... Macon County Manager's Office • Budget Message  May 20, 2013 Macon County Board of Commissioners Chairman: Kevin Corbin Vice-Chair: : Ronnie Beale Commissioner:...

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