Macon-Bibb County

Beginning the week of Monday, August 30, employees with the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, Public Works Department, and Parks & Beautification Department will have face masks in their vehicles to give people who are not wearing one. Nearly 25,000 face masks are being put in about 500 vehicles to be distributed to the public for […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] At a Special Called Meeting on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, the Macon-Bibb County Commission approved two mandates requiring people to wear face masks or coverings when in public and in government facilities and vehicles, both when social distancing cannot be maintained. Both were passed in an ongoing effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 […]

Beginning Monday, August 10, crews from Ceres Environmental will begin assisting the Solid Waste Department to collect yard and bulk waste, as well as to clean up illegal dump sites. Ceres will collect bulk items (like big limbs, appliances, and furniture), while the Solid Waste Department will pick up what it normally collects. For the […]

On Monday, August 10 Macon-Bibb County – through the Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and Recreation Department – will begin distributing nearly 10,000 trifold surgical masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect Middle Georgia. The masks will be available FREE to the public Monday through Thursday between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. at the recreation centers listed below, and each person will be provided up […]

Other services remain modified in response to the spread of COVID-19 Due to staffing shortages in Probate Court from exposure to positive cases of COVID-19, all appointments for Weapons Carry License application appointments and fingerprinting are being rescheduled. The Court is in the process of trying to call and email every person that has applied […]

Macon-Bibb County continues to change its operations to protect employee and community safety in response to the spread of COVID-19. Based on the increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19, Mayor Robert Reichert issued an Executive Order on July 9, 2020 requesting people, businesses, and organizations follow ALL of the CDC guidelines regarding COVID-19. For government […]

On Thursday, July 9, 2020, Macon-Bibb County Mayor Robert Reichert issued an Executive Order urging and pleading with people and businesses to take all preventative measures outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to slow the spread of COVID-19. You can view that Executive Order here. “We’ve seen such a drastic increase […]

  The Middle Georgia Community Food Bank is in the process of delivering food to tens of thousands of people throughout our entire region, including one at the Macon Coliseum on Thursday, April 9, 2020. At that event, more than 30,000 meals were distributed with the help of volunteers from the United Way of Central […]

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp issued a statewide Shelter in Place Executive Order on Thursday, April 2, 2020, due to the continued spread of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). The Order goes into effect Friday, April 3 at 6:00 p.m. and lasts until 11:59 p.m. on Monday, April 13, 2020. The Governor, in the Order and […]

As the Novel Coronavirus 2019, or COVID-19, spread through Georgia, Macon-Bibb County departments and agencies began planning for how they could change operations to help protect the health of employees and the community, all while maintaining expected and needed services. These changes have been made throughout this week, as it was possible. “I’m proud of […]