Area briefs: Assessors meet in Athens, Council funds dash cams in Lavonia

With this week’s adoption of an Athens-Clarke County budget, approved Tuesday by Athens-Clarke County Commissioners, comes an afternoon meeting of the County Board of Assessors: it’s a 4 o’clock session at City Hall.

The advisory committee that is looking at plans for a Tax Allocation District for the Lexington Road corridor meets this afternoon in Athens, 5:30 at Athens-Clarke County Solid Waste Department headquarters on Hancock Industrial Way.

University of Georgia students put the wraps on Maymester classes Wednesday: May session final exams begin today at UGA.

There is a job opening in Commerce, with city officials looking to replace Jordan Shoemaker. Shoemaker has stepped down as the Zoning and Planning Administrator in Commerce.

There is a hat in the ring in the race to fill a seat on the Jackson County Commission: Steve Wittry says he will run for the District 3 post that opens with the departure of Chad Bingham. Bingham says he’s running to be the next Chairman of the Jackson County Commission in elections that will be held next year.

The City Council in Lavonia has signed off on new funding for the Lavonia Police Department, money for dashboard cameras for police cars in Lavonia.

A Hall County man is arrested on child porn charges: suspect Jonathan Malinguaggio is 36 years old, from Flowery Branch. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office says the charges were filed after images of child pornography were found on a cell that was confiscated when Malinguaggio was arrested on child sex abuse charges back in January.

There are fentanyl trafficking charges for a man arrested in Hall County: 39 year-old Brandon Butler of Gainesville was arrested by Hall County deputies in a church parking lot in Gainesville.

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