GOVERNMENT
County expanding services
In 2012, Monroe County has a $ 20.8 million annual budget that is funded mainly by property taxes.
The biggest departments include the sheriff’ s office($ 3.3 million), the road department($ 2.6 million), EMS($ 2.4 million) and the water department($ 1.7 million).
Monroe County has a lot of projects under way with its one-cent sales tax.
In 2010 commissioners completed a $ 1 million + renovation to the historic Monroe County courthouse that has won rave reviews. Years of paneling and tattered carpet were removed revealing
Renfroe Construction and Fry Design Group are using a design approximating the above to build a $ 4 million administrative building behind the current offices on Main Street.
the 1896 structure’ s original hardwood floors and exposed brick walls. The original spectator balcony in the main courtroom was renovated and re-opened.
Meanwhile, Renfroe Construction and Fry Design Group are in the midst of building a new $ 4 million administrative building behind the current county administra-
tive officers on Main Street. The handsome new facility is expected to bring many county offices under one roof.
In 2011 the county also built a new $ 140,000 animal shelter next to the sheriff’ s office.
Water lines have been extended on the north end of the county around Stokes Store Road and into the area around Bolingbroke, projects that total more than $ 1 million.
The county seat of Monroe County is Forsyth. Other communities in this county are Bolingbroke, Culloden, Juliette, High Falls and Smarr.
Monroe County Board of Commissioners P. O. Box 189 Forsyth, GA 31029( 478) 994-7000
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