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November 17, 2025

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Savannah budget hearings start

Savannah will spend about $311 million dollars next year, and about 43 cents of each of those taxpayer dollars will fund police, fire and other public safety services, according to the 2026 draft budget released by the city. 

The city ran a survey asking the public for input on its spending plans and is still inviting residents to register for future budget events. 

At a budget retreat Monday, Council members will discuss the spending plan. The meeting will be streamed on Facebook, YouTube and Savannah Government Television, according to an email the city sent to media Sunday afternoon. 

The public is invited too, though it might be hard for them to know.  A day before the meeting, there was no mention of it on Savannah’s home page, City Council’s website, its agenda page or the clerk’s public notices page.

The meeting is Monday, November 17 at the Savannah Civic Center Ballroom from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Our calendar covers meetings over the next two weeks that are open to the public and that we could find on the internet. Let us know how we’re doing and how you use this list at staff@thecurrentga.org.

Bryan County

Bryan County Board of Education | 🖥

• Bryan Board of Education Thu. Nov. 20, 6:15 p.m. Check for agenda

Richmond Hill | City Council 🖥

• Richmond Hill City Council workshop Tue. Nov. 18, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• Richmond Hill Architectural Review Board Thu. Nov. 20, 2:30 p.m. Agenda

Bulloch County

Bulloch | County Commission 🖥

• Bulloch County Commission Tue. Nov. 18, 8:30 a.m. Agenda
• Bulloch Planning and Zoning Commission Tue. Nov. 18, 5:30 p.m. Agenda

Camden County

Camden | County Commission and Election Board 🖥

• Camden County Commission work session Tue. Nov. 18, 5:00 p.m. Agenda
• Camden County Commission Tue. Nov. 18, 6:00 p.m. Agenda
• Camden Planning Commission Wed. Nov. 19, 6:00 p.m. Agenda

Kingsland

• Kingsland City Council Mon. Nov. 24, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

St. Marys | 🖥

• St. Marys City Council Mon. Nov. 17, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• St. Marys Convention & Visitors Bureau Tue. Nov. 18, 2:00 p.m. Agenda
• St. Marys Historic Preservation Commission Tue. Nov. 25, 5:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Chatham County

Bloomingdale

• Bloomingdale pre-agenda meeting and meeting Wed. Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Chatham | County Commission 🖥

• Chatham County Commission Fri. Nov. 21, 9:30 a.m. Agenda

Chatham Area Transit | 🖥

• Chatham Area Transit board fourth Tuesdays Tue. Nov. 25, 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. Nov. 18, 12:30 p.m. Agenda

Pooler

• Pooler City Council Mon. Nov. 17, 6:00 p.m. Agenda
• Pooler Planning & Zoning Mon. Nov. 24, 3:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Port Wentworth | 🖥

• Port Wentworth City Council third Tuesdays Thu. Nov. 20, 7:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Savannah | 🖥

• Savannah City Council Tue. Nov. 25, 2:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Savannah Economic Development Authority

• Savannah Economic Development Authority Tue. Nov. 18, 11:00 a.m. Agenda

Savannah-Chatham Board of Education | 🖥

• Savannah-Chatham Board of Education Charter Workshop Mon. Nov. 17, 9:00 a.m. Agenda
• Savannah-Chatham Board of Education Capital Improvement Committee Tue. Nov. 18, 2:00 p.m. Agenda
• Savannah-Chatham Board of Education Academic Excellence Committee Wed. Nov. 19, 2:00 p.m. Agenda

Thunderbolt

• Thunderbolt Planning and Zoning Wed. Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m. Agenda

Tybee Island | City Council 🖥

• Tybee Island Planning Commission Mon. Nov. 17, 6:30 p.m. Agenda

Effingham County

Effingham | County Commission and Planning Board 🖥

• Effingham Board of Commissioners work session Tue. Nov. 18, 4:00 p.m. Agenda
• Effingham Board of Commissioners Tue. Nov. 18, 5:00 p.m. Agenda

Effingham County Industrial Development Authority

• Effingham County Industrial Development Authority third Thursdays Thu. Nov. 20, 4:00 p.m. This agency does not post agendas online

Glynn County

Brunswick

• Brunswick City Commission Wed. Nov. 19, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Brunswick | Housing Authority 🖥

• Brunswick Housing Authority Tue. Nov. 18, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Glynn | County Commission 🖥

• Glynn special called joint planning commission Mon. Nov. 17, 6:00 p.m. Agenda
• Glynn Quarterly Execution Review (QER) SPLOST 2022 projects Tue. Nov. 18, 9:00 a.m. Agenda
• Glynn County Commission special called work session Tue. Nov. 18, 2:00 p.m. Agenda
• Glynn special called joint planning commission Wed. Nov. 19, 6:00 p.m. Details
• Glynn County Commission Thu. Nov. 20, 6:00 p.m. Agenda

Glynn County Board of Education | 🖥

• Glynn Board of Education Tue. Nov. 18, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Liberty County

Hinesville

• Hinesville City Council Thu. Nov. 20, 3:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Hinesville Development Authority

• Hinesville Development Authority third Tuesdays Tue. Nov. 18, 4:00 p.m. This agency does not post agendas online

Hinesville Downtown Development Authority

• Hinesville Downtown Development Authority fourth Wednesdays Wed. Nov. 26, 4:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Liberty | County Commission 🖥

• Liberty Board of Elections & Voter Registration Mon. Nov. 17, 4:00 p.m. Agenda
• Liberty Board of Commissioners Thu. Nov. 20, 5:00 p.m. Agenda

Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission

• Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission Tue. Nov. 18, 4:30 p.m. Agenda

Liberty County Hospital Authority

• Liberty County Hospital Authority Tue. Nov. 18, 12:00 p.m. Agenda

Midway

• Midway City Council work session fourth Mondays Mon. Nov. 24, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

McIntosh County

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

McIntosh and Darien streams for Darientel subscribers only | 🖥($)

Darien

• Darien City Council third Tuesdays Tue. Nov. 18, 5:30 p.m. Check for agenda

McIntosh County Board of Health

• McIntosh County Board of Health Wed. Nov. 19, 8:30 a.m. Agenda

McIntosh County Industrial Development Authority

• McIntosh County Industrial Development Authority workshop at 8:30 and meeting at 9:30 Thu. Nov. 20, 8:30 a.m. Check for agenda

Multi-County

Georgia Legislature

• Senate Study Committee on Additional Services and Resources for Transition Age Youth in Foster Care Mon. Nov. 17, 10:00 a.m. Check for agenda
• Senate Special Committee on Eliminating Georgia’s Income Tax Mon. Nov. 17, 2:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• House Regulated Industries Ad Hoc Committee on Excise Tax Differentiation Mon. Nov. 17, 2:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• Senate Study Committee on Making Georgia the No. 1 State for Tourism Tue. Nov. 18, 9:00 a.m. Check for agenda
• House Transportation Tue. Nov. 18, 10:00 a.m. Check for agenda
• House Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on State and Local Government Tue. Nov. 18, 1:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• Senate Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism in Schools Thu. Nov. 20, 12:00 p.m. Check for agenda
• Senate Study Committee on Recovery Residences Fri. Nov. 21, 8:00 a.m. Check for agenda
• House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Insurance Rates Fri. Nov. 21, 9:30 a.m. Check for agenda
• House Study Committee on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public School Administration Tue. Nov. 25, 10:00 a.m. Check for agenda

Georgia Ports Authority

• Georgia Ports Authority Committee Meetings Mon. Nov. 17, time not listed, Check for agenda
• Georgia Ports Authority full board meeting Mon. Nov. 17, 11:30 a.m. Agenda

Live Oak Public Libraries

• Live Oak Public Libraries Finance Committee Tue. Nov. 18, 4:30 p.m. Agenda
• Live Oak Public Libraries Building & Sites Committee Tue. Nov. 18, 5:00 p.m. Agenda
• Live Oak Public Libraries Regional Board of Trustees Tue. Nov. 18, 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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