The Animal Rescue Site is hosting a special challenge for eligible Petfinder.com member shelter and rescue groups. The grand prize is a $25,000 grant, and they will be awarding many other grants to rescue groups with the most votes - a total of $100,000 in grants for animal welfare organizations.

Think how many animals we could help for $25,000!

All you have to do is click to help rescued animals, and then vote in The Animal Rescue Site $100,000 Shelter+ Challenge. Both of these actions are absolutely free! You can vote once a day, every day, from September 29 through December 14, 2008.

The Lee County Utility Billing Department has begun a new "cycle billing" of utility bills for water and sewer charges. With the changes in the billing dates, new due dates and delinquent dates also apply. For more information, please click here.

Notary commission applications are available online. The website is http://www.gsccca.org. Once on the GSCCCA home page, applicants should see the link to the Georgia Notary Online Application in the Noteworthy section located on the bottom right of the page. Once you click on the Noteworthy link you are brought to the main page for the notary application. Upon completion and printing of the application it should be brought into the office of Superior Court for further processing. We accept cash or checks as form of payment. Please note that if the commission is a renewal (you have been a notary in Lee County previously) you will not need to provide character witnesses.

Notaries should come into Superior Court to complete the application process within 30 days of the online entry. Applications not completed within 30 days will be deleted from the online site.

Lee County Comprehensive Plan

Lee County and the Cities of Leesburg and Smithville comprehensive plan contains three parts per state standards and procedures "Local Planning Requirements" effective May 1, 2005. The three parts consist of:

Community Assessment
Community Participation Program
Community Agenda

The purpose of the Lee County and the Cities of Leesburg and Smithville 2026 Comprehensive Plan is to guide elected officials and community leaders in long-term and day-to-day decision making. The Plan illustrates an overall Community Vision, identifies Issues and Opportunities; and provides Goals, Policies and Objectives, to ensure the community vision becomes a reality.

Volunteer Board Vacancies

Several of the Lee County volunteer boards currently have vacancies. For more information on which volunteer boards currently have openings please click here.