Gilmer County Government
Ellijay, Georgia
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TODAY?
HOLIDAYS
2023
Monday, January 2 New Year’s Day
Monday, January 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Friday, April 7 State Holiday
Monday, May 29 Memorial Day
Monday June 19 Juneteenth
Tuesday, July 4 Independence Day
Monday, September 4 Labor Day
Monday, October 9 Columbus Day
Friday, November 10 Veterans Day
Thursday, November 23 Thanksgiving Day
Friday, November 4 State Holiday
Monday, December 25 Christmas Holiday
Tuesday, December 26 State Holiday
CALENDAR
Wednesday, Jun 7, 2023 9:00 AM |
Work Session: Board of Commissioners at Board of Commissioners Conference Room 1 Broad Street, Suite 106 Ellijay, GA 30540
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Thursday, Jun 8, 2023 6:00 PM |
Regular Meeting: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540
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Wednesday, Jul 12, 2023 9:00 AM |
Work Session: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 |
Thursday, Jul 13, 2023 7:00 PM |
Regular Meeting: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 |
Wednesday, Aug 9, 2023 9:00 AM |
Work Session: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 |
Thursday, Aug 10, 2023 6:00 PM |
Regular Meeting: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 |
Wednesday, Sep 13, 2023 9:00 AM |
Work Session: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 |
Thursday, Sep 14, 2023 6:00 PM |
Regular Meeting: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 |
Wednesday, Oct 11, 2023 9:00 AM |
Work Session: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 |
Thursday, Oct 12, 2023 6:00 PM |
Regular Meeting: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 |
Wednesday, Nov 8, 2023 9:00 AM |
Work Session: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 |
Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 6:00 PM |
Regular Meeting: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 |
Wednesday, Dec 13, 2023 9:00 AM |
Work Session: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 |
Thursday, Dec 14, 2023 6:00 PM |
Regular Meeting: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 |
Wednesday, Jan 10, 2024 9:00 AM |
Work Session: Board of Commissioners at Gilmer County Jury Assembly Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 |
NEWS & NOTICES
New State-of-the-Art Emergency Alert System
Gilmer County has chosen Hyper-Reach, as our new state-of-the-art emergency alert system. Hyper-Reach will provide rapid notification of hazardous and urgent situations using a mix of telephone calls, text and email messages, smart speaker alerts and other advanced alerting methods. The system sends thousands of these messages to geographically targeted households in seconds, as well as sending broadcast messages to most current mobile telephones in an affected area using FEMA’s Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system.
“Our job is to protect the citizens of Gilmer County as effectively and cost-effectively
as possible.” said Keith Kucera, Public Safety Director for Gilmer County. “We reviewed all the major vendors for emergency notification service, and Hyper-Reach gave us everything we needed, as well as features only they had, at an unbelievable price. We’re really excited about this new capability.”
Citizens also can get emergency alerts via their Alexa-enabled smart speakers just by saying “Alexa, enable Hyper-Reach” and following the Alexa-provided instructions. With more than 50 million US households using Alexa devices, there are obviously thousands of County residents with Alexa units.
Citizens can also download the Hyper-Reach Anywhere app on their smartphone. Hyper-Reach Anywhere is a free smartphone app that allows individual citizens to manage and monitor the alerts they receive, both for their home and office addresses and for other addresses they care about such as those of elderly relatives or friends.
“We’re honored to have been selected by Gilmer County, GA to provide its emergency alerts,” said Sam Asher, President of Hyper-Reach. “It’s gratifying to be part of an effort to save lives and protect property and we take that responsibility very seriously.”
Residents and people who work in Gilmer County are encouraged to enroll now either by calling or texting “Alert” to (706)525-5733 or by going to the website http://hyper- reach.com/gagilmersignup.html.
COVID-19 GUIDELINES & UPDATES
For questions of the Governor’s Order regarding a business please call the Georgia Department of Economic Development at 404-962-4000 or visit https://www.georgia.org/covid19