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Board of
Commissioners
The Board of Commissioners office & staff provide support for the Board of
Commissioners, as well as managing and coordinating the activities of the
departments under the commission. In addition to this, all public
accommodations licenses, beer & wine licenses and business licenses are
processed and issued by this office. Included in the Board of
Commissioners office is the finance department. This department is
responsible for accounting for all financial transactions, disbursement of
funds, preparation of payroll, facilitating development of the budget,
monitoring of revenues and expenditures against budgeted amounts,
investment of funds and control of fixed assets.
Board of
Elections & Registration The Board of Elections consist of 3 members. To contact our
Supervisor of Elections & Registration:: twhitmireboe@windstream.net
Registering to vote in Rabun County can be done at the
Board of Election's
office; when applying for a driver's license; Rabun County Library; or
call for other locations. Click here for
more information.
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Building and
Grounds
The Building and Grounds department is responsible for maintaining the
county's Courthouse and all county buildings. The department also
performs or oversees all new construction for county facilities.
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Clerk of
Superior Court
The powers and duties of the clerk of superior court are mostly entirely
ministerial. The major responsibilities of the clerk include the
maintenance of court record and the registration of property transactions.
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Civic Center
The Civic Center is a county facility with a main level and lower level.
The main level has a seating capacity of 600 for a seated banquet or 600+
or a concert, etc. The lower level is set up as a 50's style Diner,
featuring a Wurlitzer Jukebox. This level is great for smaller
events such as birthday parties, receptions or meetings. For more
detailed information, click here to visit our website
rabunciviccenter
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County
Marshal
The County Marshal is responsible for enforcement of all
County Ordinances and State Laws, Soil Erosion Plans & Enforcement,
Adopt-A-Highway program, Animal Control and Scrap Tire Enforcement
Program. The probation officer for Rabun County also works under the
supervision of this department and is responsible for collecting
probation fines and fees.
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E911
The E911 department is the central communications
department. All emergency calls are received by this department.
E911 dispatches the calls to appropriate law enforcement, fire, ambulance,
animal control and public workers, keeping tapes and records of all calls.
For additional information
click here.
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Emergency
Medical Services
The Emergency Medical Services have qualified Emergency Medical
Technicians and Paramedics that respond to all vehicle incidents and other
emergency situations providing medical care including transport and
rescue.
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Emergency
Management Agency The Emergency Management
Agency is responsible for the coordination of local, state and federal
assistance where needed to protect the lives of people and their property.
Evacuation plans, medical assistance, temporary housing, food and clothing
are all part of the plans that are coordinated through this office.
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Mapping and Addressing
The Mapping and Addressing department is responsible for
issuing 911 street addresses for new homes or businesses which are
constructed in the county, maintaining the E-911 database, and
installation and maintenance of all street and road signs in the county.
To apply for 911 number
click here.
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Probate Judge
The Probate Judge's office provides a variety of services
to the public. These services include: providing the standard Georgia
forms for the probate of decedents wills and processing administration of
estates; filing wills for safekeeping for the public; holding estate
hearings; accepting filings concerning minor and adult guardianships and
conservatorships and holding hearings for same including recording of all
documents; issuing, processing and recording Georgia marriage
licenses; and receiving applications for Georgia firearms permits and
issuing those licenses once background checks are completed and
approved. The Probate Judge also holds traffic court and subsequent
hearings twice a month processing and disposing of traffic citations
written by the GA State Patrol and the Rabun County Sheriff's Department.
In addition, Rabun County's Probate Judge is appointed by the GA State
Registrar and serves as the Local Registrar of Vital Records, and in that
capacity, maintains custodial copies of Rabun County birth and death
records and issues certified copies of same. For more information concerning
other services available through GA Probate Courts and to access the
standard probate court forms, please refer to this web link. http://www.gaprobate.org
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Recreation Department
The Recreation Department is responsible for all county
recreation programs such as baseball, football, basketball, etc.
This includes the scheduling of all games, running of concession stands,
hiring of game officials. For more information, please
visit our
recreation page.
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Recycle Department
The Recycle department is responsible for operating the
recycle drop-off centers located throughout the county and the main
recycling center at Boggs Mountain Road. For more information,
please click here to visit our
recycle page.
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Road Department
The Road department maintains the county's roads and
bridges relative to pavement repair and resurfacing, right-of-way
landscape mowing, scraping of gravel roads, maintenance of roadway
drainage and bridge construction and maintenance. Also, this
department is responsible for construction of new county roads and
pavement of county roads.
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Senior Center
The Rabun County Senior Center is open Monday - Friday from
8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Our center offers a variety of activities.
We have a quilt room, a game room equipped with a pool table, ping pong
table and numerous card or game tables, a computer lab, a craft room,
puzzle area, TV room, swimming pool, a dinning room and a fully equipped
kitchen. Meals are prepared every day in our kitchen. We provide
meals on wheels for Rabun County citizens, and provide meals for senior
who attend the center on a daily basis. Meals on Wheels provides hot
meals and daily personal contact for the homebound elderly. We also offer water aerobic
classes and free swim daily. Rabun County Transit/Dial-A-Ride
is also operated from the Senior Center. Dial-A-Ride provides accessible,
affordable and convenient public transportation to county residents.
Hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on a demand-response
system. Rabun County Dial-A-Ride is wheelchair accessible.
Transportation request should be made 24 hours in advance when possible. PHOTOS
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Soil Erosion
The Soil Erosion officer is responsible for all soil
erosion plans and enforcement of all ordinances regarding soil erosion.
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Solid Waste
The Solid Waste department collects and disposes of solid
waste material in accordance with local, state and federal environmental
laws. This department is responsible for the operation of the transfer
station at Boggs Mountain Road. The transfer station allows the
loading of solid waste materials from dumpsters, private vehicles and
garbage trucks onto semi-trailers which haul the waste to a contracted
landfill. In addition to this, this department is also responsible
for the operation of our new Construction and Debris Landfill where
non-polluting materials will be buried.
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Sheriff Department
The Sheriff's Department is responsible for all law
enforcement activities within the county. These activities include,
but are not limited to: Protection of life and property, preservation of
the public peace, prevention, detention, and investigation of criminal
activities. Duties include service and execution of warrants, bailiff
duties to the courts, service of summonses and subpoenas and the service
of other civil process papers. The Sheriff also serves as the Official
Jailer of the County. For more information view their web page. Click
Here
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Tax Assessor
The Tax Assessor office appraises taxable property,
maintains county tax records, prepares annual assessments and assists the
equalization board.
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Tax Commissioner
The Tax Commissioner is responsible for the collecting of taxes such as,
Property tax, personal property tax, mobile home, vehicle tax and license
plates. In addition to this, the Tax Commissioner is responsible for
distributing the property tax to the State, County and Schools.
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Fire Department
Rabun County has twelve volunteer Fire Departments. The Fire
Committee consists of five members. These volunteer County
Fire Departments provide fire suppression, & fire prevention services.