The Macon County Board of Commissioners holds one regular meeting a month on the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. The next scheduled meeting is August 13. Meetings are held in the Commissioners Board Room on the third floor of the Macon County Courthouse, 5 West Main Street, Franklin. To view a meeting’s video, agenda, minutes, and handouts, visit: https://maconnc.org/roster.html.
At the July 9 meeting, besides a focus on public comments surrounding ordinance changes (see Amy Kirkpatrick’s article in Just the Facts), other business included:
– the Macon County Board of Commissioners approved funds in the amount of $50,000 to support a partnership between Macon County Economic Development Commission and the Macon County School Career and Technical Education program; the funds will provide paid internships for students to assist public and private sector businesses; and,
– Brian Stiehler, Town of Highlands commissioner, provided a presentation on a playground development project located at the Highlands Recreation Center. Commissioners pledged $350,000, pulling monies from Macon County’s general fund, to support a Town of Highlands public-private partnership to build the playground, which will be accessible to the public.
The Macon County Board of Education will hold their regular scheduled meeting on Monday, July 22, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Board Room of the Macon County Schools Administrative Offices, located at 1202 Old Murphy Road, Franklin. The meeting will be live-streamed and can be accessed by visiting www.macon.k12.nc.us.
The Town Council of Franklin holds monthly meetings on the first Monday of each month at 6 p.m., in the Town Hall board room, 95 East Main Street, Franklin. The next regularly scheduled meeting is August 5. To view past meetings, visit www.maconmedia.com, which is a video service provided by Bobby Coggins.
Tourism Development Association meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the Town Hall board room, 95 East Main Street, Franklin.
The Town of Franklin Planning Board’s regular meetings are held the third Monday of each month (with the exception of holidays) beginning at 4 p.m. in the Town Hall board room, 95 East Main Street, Franklin.
The Macon County Board of Health will hold its regularly scheduled meeting July 23 at 6:15 p.m. in Meeting Rooms A and B of the Human Services Building, 1830 Lakeside Drive, Franklin. The Board of Health meetings are open to the public and public comment is welcome during the comment period. For more information and a copy of the agenda, call (828) 349-2599.