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Tax Assessment & Millage Rate Information

Tax assessments were recently mailed out to Oconee County homeowners. These assessments reflect the form’s previous year county millage rate of 5.9540 for unincorporated areas and 6.8040 for incorporated areas, which was set at the Board of Comm...

Water Resources to Conduct Smoke Testing May 29 - June 9

Oconee County Water Resources will conduct smoke testing May 29 through June 9, around HWY 316, HWY 78, and Mars Hill corridors located in zone A and in Brookshire subdivision located in zone B, as shown on the accompanying maps below. Oconee Cou...

Oconee County Government to Hold Town Hall June 15 at Civic Center

Oconee County Government will host a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, June 15, 2023, at 6 p.m. at the Oconee County Civic Center. The meeting will be open for both in-person attendance and virtual attendance via Zoom and will focus on the Fiscal Year 2024 O...

Keep Oconee County Beautiful Commission Receives Governor’s Circle Award

Award recognizes ongoing efforts to protect local environment

The Keep Oconee County Beautiful Commission recently received a 2022 Governor’s Circle Award, presented by the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation, in recognition of the Commission’s exemplary wor...

May 2 BOC Meeting Highlights

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners held its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

The following actions were taken at the meeting:

• Announcements
  • The annual burn ban that is required by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division is in effect May 1...

Oconee County Parks & Rec Awarded Better Sports for Kids Quality Program Provider Designation

The Oconee County Parks & Recreation Department has successfully renewed its Better Sports for Kids Quality Program Provider designation for 2023-2024. This designation is awarded by the National Alliance for Youth Sports to programs that have demonst...

Notice to Business Owners Regarding Oconee County Sales Tax Rate Change

Dear Business Owner: 

The purpose of this notice is to inform you that the Oconee County sales tax rate will be increasing from 7% to 8% effective April 1, 2023.  

 On November 8^th, 2022, the TSPLOST referendum was approved by Oco...

BOC 2023 Meeting Schedule

Stay informed by attending Oconee County Board of Commissioners meetings! All meetings begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted and are open to the public.

Town Hall meetings and the State of the County take place at the Oconee County Civic Center, located a...