Coastal Navigator — Chatham spending more than $1 billion, with restrictions

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June 15, 2026

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Welcome aboard! This is a list of public meetings and agendas to help you follow the work of officials you’ve elected.

New fiscal year, some new spending plans

Chatham County wants to hear from the public this week over a $1.1 billion, 130-page spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The restrictions in it and most expensive items are typical of Georgia counties.

Like in other counties, most of Chatham County’s tax money is already assigned somewhere, at least at a high level. For example, “special service district” property taxes collected in unincorporated Chatham are spent on services in in unincorporated Chatham like police. Chatham’s cities separately fund their own police departments. For another example, sales taxes charged to pay for a specific list of buildings or roads can’t be moved elsewhere. 

Yet the biggest single fund is the money that doesn’t have restrictions. This so-called “general” fund is proposed to rise to $328 million dollars next year, up from $315 million this year. 

Reasons for the rise include E911 expenses, new capital and equipment purchases and a new state court judgeship.

Chatham County’s jail is biggest single expense in the proposed general fund budget, at $69 million. Overall, law enforcement, jails and courts are typically a county’s biggest category of property tax spending.

Find out more at Chatham County’s budget public hearing on Wednesday, June 17 at 10 a.m.  Glynn County has hearings on its proposed $199 million budget Tuesday, June 16 at 2:00 p.m. and Thursday, June 25 at 2:00 p.m. Camden County is adopting its proposed $87 million budget at a June 23 meeting.

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After all, Democracy isn’t a spectator sport and we hope you’ll get involved with your elected government and hold your officials accountable.

Bryan County

Bryan County Board of Education | 🖥

• Bryan Board of Education Thu. Jun. 25, 6:15 p.m. Check for agenda

Pembroke

• Pembroke Planning Commission Thu. Jun. 18, 7:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• Pembroke Morning Coffee & Conversation Mon. Jun. 22, 9:00 a.m. Details
• Pembroke Evening Coffee & Conversation Mon. Jun. 22, 6:00 p.m. Details

Richmond Hill | City Council 🖥

• Richmond Hill City Council workshop Tue. Jun. 16, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• Richmond Hill Historic Preservation Commission and Architectural Review Board Thu. Jun. 18, 2:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Bulloch County

Bulloch | County Commission 🖥

• Bulloch Planning and Zoning Commission Tue. Jun. 16, 5:30 p.m. Agenda
• Bulloch County Commission Thu. Jun. 18, 5:30 p.m. Agenda
• Bulloch Board of Elections and Registration special meeting Mon. Jun. 22, 1:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Camden County

Camden | County Commission and Election Board 🖥

• Camden County Board of Elections & Registration special called meeting Mon. Jun. 15, 3:30 p.m. Agenda
• Camden County Commission Tue. Jun. 16, 6:00 p.m. Agenda
• Camden County Board of Elections & Registration Mon. Jun. 22, 3:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• Camden Joint Comprehensive Transportation Plan Open House — Woodbine Mon. Jun. 22, 6:00 p.m. Details
• Camden County Commission special called meeting Tue. Jun. 23, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• Camden Joint Comprehensive Transportation Plan Open House — Kingsland Tue. Jun. 23, 6:00 p.m. Details
• Camden Planning Commission public hearing Wed. Jun. 24, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Kingsland

• Kingsland Planning & Zoning Mon. Jun. 15, 6:00 p.m. Agenda
• Kingsland Downtown Development Authority Wed. Jun. 17, 4:30 p.m. Agenda
• Kingsland City Council Mon. Jun. 22, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

St. Marys | 🖥

• St. Marys City Council Mon. Jun. 15, 6:00 p.m. Agenda
• St. Marys St. Marys Convention & Visitors Bureau Tue. Jun. 23, 3:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Chatham County

Bloomingdale

• Bloomingdale pre-agenda meeting and meeting Thu. Jun. 18, 6:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Chatham | County Commission 🖥

• Chatham Board of Commissioners – workshop Mon. Jun. 15, 12:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• Chatham Board of Commissioners – special called meeting Wed. Jun. 17, 9:00 a.m. Check for agenda
• Chatham Board of Commissioners – board budget workshop Wed. Jun. 17, 10:00 a.m. Check for agenda
• Chatham Board of Commissioners – special called meeting Wed. Jun. 17, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• Chatham County Commission Fri. Jun. 26, 9:30 a.m. Check for agenda

Chatham Area Transit | 🖥

• Chatham Area Transit Tue. Jun. 16, 4:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• Chatham Area Transit budget hearing Tue. Jun. 23, 4:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission

• Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission pre-meeting followed by regular meeting Tue. Jun. 23, 12:30 p.m. Agenda

Garden City

• Garden City City Council pre-agenda meeting and meeting Mon. Jun. 15, 5:30 p.m. Agendas

Pooler

• Pooler City Council workshop Mon. Jun. 15, 5:00 p.m. Agenda
• Pooler City Council Mon. Jun. 15, 6:00 p.m. Agenda
• Pooler Development Authority Thu. Jun. 25, 3:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Savannah | 🖥

• Savannah City Council Thu. Jun. 25, 2:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Savannah Economic Development Authority

• Savannah Economic Development Authority executive committee Wed. Jun. 17, 9:30 a.m. Check for agenda

Savannah-Chatham Board of Education | 🖥

• Savannah-Chatham Board of Education Academic Excellence Committee Wed. Jun. 17, 3:30 p.m. Check for agenda
• Savannah-Chatham Board of Education special called meeting Wed. Jun. 24, 6:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Thunderbolt

• Thunderbolt Planning and Zoning Wed. Jun. 17, 6:30 p.m. Agenda

Tybee Island | City Council 🖥

• Tybee Island Historic Preservation Commission Mon. Jun. 15, 6:00 p.m. Agenda

Effingham County

Effingham | County Commission and Planning Board 🖥

• Effingham Board of Commissioners Tue. Jun. 16, 5:00 p.m. Agenda

Effingham County Industrial Development Authority

• Effingham County Industrial Development Authority third Thursdays Thu. Jun. 18, 4:00 p.m. This agency does not post agendas online

Glynn County

Brunswick | City Commission 🖥

• Brunswick City Commission Wed. Jun. 17, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Brunswick | Housing Authority 🖥

• Brunswick Housing Authority Mon. Jun. 22, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Glynn | County Commission 🖥

• Glynn County Commission special called meeting Tue. Jun. 16, 2:00 p.m. Agenda
• Glynn County Commission Thu. Jun. 18, 6:00 p.m. Agenda
• Glynn Islands Planning Commission Tue. Jun. 23, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• Glynn County Commission special called meeting on budget Thu. Jun. 25, 2:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Glynn County Airport Commission

• Glynn County Airport Commission Tue. Jun. 16, 9:00 a.m. Agenda

Jekyll Island Authority

• Jekyll Island Authority Board of Directors Tue. Jun. 23, 9:30 a.m. Check for agenda

Liberty County

Hinesville

• Hinesville City Council Thu. Jun. 18, 3:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Hinesville Development Authority

• Hinesville Development Authority third Tuesdays Tue. Jun. 16, 4:00 p.m. This agency does not post agendas online

Liberty | County Commission 🖥

• Liberty Board of Commissioners Thu. Jun. 18, 5:00 p.m. Agenda
• Liberty Board of Elections & Voter Registration Mon. Jun. 22, 4:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission

• Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission Tue. Jun. 16, 4:30 p.m. Agenda

Liberty County Board of Education | 🖥

• Liberty Board of Education Tue. Jun. 16, 5:30 p.m. Check for agenda
• Liberty Board of Education special called meeting to adopt budget Tue. Jun. 23, 9:00 a.m. Check for agenda

Liberty County Development Authority

• Liberty County Development Authority Executive Committee Mon. Jun. 15, 11:00 a.m. Agenda

Liberty County Hospital Authority

• Liberty County Hospital Authority Tue. Jun. 23, 12:15 p.m. Check for agenda

Midway | 🖥

• Midway City Council work session fourth Mondays Mon. Jun. 22, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

McIntosh County

McIntosh and Darien post some schedules only via The Darien News.

Darien

• Darien City Council workshop Mon. Jun. 15, 5:30 p.m. Check for agenda
• Darien City Council third Tuesdays Tue. Jun. 16, 5:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Multi-County

Georgia Legislature

• Georgia House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Youth Exposure to Kratom and Retail Available Substances Wed. Jun. 17, 9:00 a.m. Check for agenda

Live Oak Public Libraries

• Live Oak Public Libraries Finance Committee Tue. Jun. 16, 4:30 p.m. Agenda
• Live Oak Public Libraries Buildings & Sites Committee Tue. Jun. 16, 5:00 p.m. Agenda
• Live Oak Public Libraries Regional Library Board of Trustees Tue. Jun. 16, 5:30 p.m. Agenda

This list starts with an automated collection that does not involve AI. It is checked and edited by a human. But agencies may announce new meetings, change meeting times or cancel them, sometimes without any online notice. Some publish calendars in more than one place with different information.  Some rely on Facebook posts which may require a login to read and cannot be collected automatically. 

You may want to call ahead and verify the meeting time and place, especially for smaller agencies.

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