Resources
Community Links
Government Services
- Athens-Clarke from A to Z
- Board of Elections
- City Manager’s Office
- Community Protection Division Request inspections of potential code and ordinance violations
- County Commissioner Biographies
- Leaf and Limb Pick-up Schedule
- Library System Books, newspapers, events, classes, research materials, e-book rental, etc.
- Local Government Official Website
- Police Department Non-emergency phone number: 706-613-3345
- Solid Waste Department All you need to know about recycling, leaf and limb pickup, how to dispose of hazardous waste, CHARM and more
- Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax See the projects and activities supported by local sales taxes.
- Tax Assessor
- Transit Route schedules and timetables for The Bus
- Water Business Office Set up and pay for water service
- You Tube Channel Watch mayor and commission meetings and other important community meeetings
Athens Media
- The Athens-Banner Herald (daily subscription-based online content and newspaper)
- The Red and Black (free, online UGA student-led newspaper)
- Flagpole (free online and paper weekly news, arts, culture, politics, entertainment)
- Classic City News (online only, independent journalism)
Who Represents You?
- The Mayor of Athens-Clarke County is Kelly Girtz
- Athens-Clarke County Commissioners: Five Points falls into three commission districts (4, 7, and 10), represented by Allison Wright, Russell Edwards, and Mike Hamby, respectively. To see which commission district you live in, check out this map
- Georgia Secretary of State My Voter page: Register to Vote
- State Government: The Georgia General Assembly is comprised of the Georgia State House of Representatives and the Georgia State Senate. A great way to see who represents you at a variety of levels is by entering your address into Ballotpedia’s “Who Represents Me?” page
- U.S. Congress: Five Points is in the 10th Congressional District of Georgia. Our current representative to the United States Congress is Jody Hice (R)
- U.S. Senate: Currently Georgia is represented in the U.S. Senate by Kelly Loeffler (R) and David Purdue (R) Learn more about Georgia’s representation in the U.S. Senate here
- Governor of the State of Georgia: Brian Kemp (R)
