The Macon-Bibb County Commissioner increased the fine for blowing leaves into the gutter from $25 to $250 after recent flooding issues.

During its Committee of the Whole and regular session, commissioners also agreed to hire Department of Corrections offenders for local work details and distributed grant funds for programs combatting domestic violence and local Community Development Block Grants.

Here are the highlights from Tuesday’s meetings at City Hall which also included a public hearing about abandoning some right-of-way property at First and Pine Streets and selling the land.

– Civic Journalism Senior Fellow Liz Fabian covers Macon-Bibb County government entities and can be reached at [email protected] or 478-301-2976.

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