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Morgan BOC approves OpenGOV software package

Hannah Barron
Thursday, August 29, 2024
During its Aug. 20 meeting, the Morgan County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of an all-in-one software package for the planning and code enforcement departments.The commissioners unanimously approved the purchase of OpenGOV’s software at a cost of $70,150.
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Morgan BOC rolls back millage rate to 9.686 mills

Hannah Barron
Thursday, August 15, 2024
The Morgan County Board of Commissioners has set the FY24 millage rate at 9.686 mills, a full rollback from last year’s rate of 9.99 mills.The BOC voted 3-1 to approve the millage rate at its Aug. 6 meeting.District 2 commissioner Blake McCormack cast the dissenting vote.
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Morgan BOC gets update on Rivian

Hannah Barron
Thursday, August 15, 2024
During its Aug. 6 meeting, the Morgan County Board of Commissioners received an update about Rivian’s Georgia plant at Stanton Springs North.
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Morgan County government bodies establish millage rates

T. Michael Stone
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
The property tax picture in Morgan County is becoming clear as government entities adopt millage rates. The City of Madison adopted a millage rate of 5.424 citywide, which will obligate a Madison resident to pay for $217 in property taxes for each $100,000 of property owned.
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Morgan County BOC elects chairman, vice chairman for 2023

Brendan Koerner
Thursday, January 12, 2023
The Morgan County Board of Commissioners held its first meeting of the new year on Jan. 4 at 10 a.m. The meeting began with reelecting of District 3 commissioner Ben Riden and District 5 commissioner Bill Kurtz to their positions.
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Harris collapses at Tuesday's Morgan BOC meeting

Lance McCurley
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
According to Morgan County Board of Commissioners Chairman Ben Riden, District 1 representative Donald B. Harris “collapsed” during Tuesday night’s meeting. “It happened about two-thirds of the way through the meeting,” Riden said on Wednesday. “I didn’t see it occur, but it happened so fast.
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Graduation rate at its highest point ever in Morgan County

Lance McCurley
Thursday, October 13, 2022
The Morgan County Charter School System heard good news at its monthly meeting Oct. 10. MCCSS Superintendent Dr. Virgil Cole called the meeting to order. The board approved the minutes from its Monday, Sept. 12 meeting, as well as the special called meeting in August.
Commissioner Ben Riden during a BOC meeting earlier this year. LANCE MCCURLEY/Staff

Commissioner Ben Riden during a BOC meeting earlier this year. LANCE MCCURLEY/Staff

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BOC hears zoning requests on livestock, subdivisions

Brendan Koerner
Thursday, October 6, 2022
The Morgan County Board of Commissioners met at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning for its first meeting in the month of October. The meeting first began with board chairman Ben Riden opening the meeting by discussing the consent agenda.
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