New Franklin Co. Web Site Up and Running

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia

A new Franklin County government web site is up and running.

The new site is www.franklincountyga.gov.

Franklin County’s web site had been down for more than a year as the county worked to re-design the site.

According to Franklin County officials, the goal was to make the website more user-friendly and provide citizens with more current information.

At a Board of Commissioners’ work session last month, Franklin County Commissioner Jeff Jacques asked why the new site was not already up and running.

Franklin County Manager Beth Thomas says she had delayed launching the new website until the budget was passed and a maintenance contract with a service provider was in place.

Per the request of Commissioner Jacques, Franklin County’s new web site contains a page where citizens can find out about job opening and board openings.

Franklin County government’s new web site also has a page where all Board of Commissioners’ meeting minutes are posted, as well as links to web pages for all five Franklin County municipalities.