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County Commission may soon be required to vote twice on items By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Absent a long shot state exemption, Forsyth County commissioners will be forced to vote twice on each agenda item when the new County Administrative Campus opens next year. State law requires official county legislation be formalized in the county seat, but the new campus lies outside the City of Cumming on Freedom Parkway. Plans now call for the County Commission to hold its regular meetings at the new campus, then formalize the votes at its current administrative headquarters in downtown Cumming, according Forsyth County Communications Director Russell Brown. The 130,000-square-foot Freedom Parkway campus will include meeting rooms and offices for 17 departments. Commissioners approved a $114-million construction contract for the campus in January 2024.
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The new County Administration Campus on Freedom Parkway will house 17 Forsyth County departments and host County Commission meetings.
Rabid raccoon bites man along Castleberry Road FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A rabid raccoon was reported in Cumming March 2, biting a resident during an attempted capture. The raccoon is at least the second rabid animal reported in Forsyth County this year. The raccoon was found injured along Castleberry Road near the
city’s fairgrounds, said Russell Brown, director for the Forsyth County Department of Communications. It tested positive for the rabies virus. A resident was bitten while trying to place the animal in a crate. A state laboratory test confirmed the presence of the rabies virus in the resident, who
was treated. Although rabies is treatable with injections after exposure, the disease always is fatal after symptoms appear, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Symptoms can take one to three months to appear. Forsyth County public health officials planned to notify any other
people who may have been exposed to the rabid raccoon. In late January, a rabid cat was reported near Atlanta Highway and McFarland Parkway in southern Forsyth County. The animal tested positive for the virus.
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