Oconee County Schools ended the 2025 Fiscal Year on June 30 with $7.9 more in revenue than it had budgeted and with spending at $1.6 million less than projected.
The General Fund cash balance for Oconee County Schools on Aug. 31 was $53.8 million, down from $57.5 million a month earlier but up by $9.4 million from the Fund Balance on Aug. 31 of 2024.
The Oconee County Board of Education on Thursday afternoon officially approved a three-year employment contract for Melissa Butler as the new superintendent of Oconee County Schools.
The contract stipulates that Butler will begin as superintendent on Oct. 14 and will be paid an annual base salary of $221,500.
The Oconee County Board of Elections and Registration is scheduled to hold a called meeting at 5 p.m. on Sept. 24 to hear a challenge to the candidacy of Hudson Holder for the Bishop Town Council.
Elizabeth Fontaine, 5071 Macon Highway, filed a complaint with the Board on Sept. 3 saying that Holder “does not seem to meet the eligibility requirements in the town’s charter” because “his home does not appear to be in the Town limits.”
The Oconee County Board of Education has called a special meeting for 4 p.m. on Thursday (Sept. 18) at the Instructional Support Center in Watkinsville to approve a contract with Melissa Butler to serve as Superintendent of Oconee County Schools.
Board of Education Chair Michael Ransom announced at a special session at the Instructional Support Center on Sept. 2 that Butler is the sole finalist to be the next Superintendent of Oconee County Schools and that the Board would wait 14 days before voting to make the appointment.
The Oconee County Board of Elections and Registration has scheduled a called meeting for 5 p.m. on Tuesday (Aug. 19) to respond to the request from the Oconee County Board of Education to put renewal of the Education Local Option Sales Tax (ELOST) on the Nov. 5 ballot.
The current ELOST is set to expire at the end of 2027, or when it has generated $48.5 million in revenue.
What was billed as a strategic planning meeting by the Oconee County Industrial Development Authority (IDA) early this month turned into a wide-ranging, nearly 70-minute long discussion of the aspirations of city and county officials.
Watkinsville Mayor Brian Brodrick focused on community connectiveness in many of his comments, but he also said the city sees challenges and opportunities in redevelopment of the city’s Industrial Park.
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has issued a public notice that the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) intends to impact the buffer of the headwaters of McNutt Creek to build the new interchange of Dials Mill Extension and SR 316.
The proposal is to cover 85 linear feet with fill within the mandated 25 foot buffer to an intermittent stream on the south side of SR 316 east of the current intersection of Dials Mill Road with SR 316.
