Eatonton’s City Hall resides in the City’s historic former           post office located at 201 North Jefferson Avenue. Completely renovated inside and out, the facility houses the City Clerk,    utility billing, personnel, accounting and customer service,          as well as the City Administrator and the City Marshal.               Of course the Mayor’s office and Council Chambers are inside   the facility. City Council meets every 1^st Tuesday of each     month and every 3^rd Monday of each Month at 7:00p.m.          City Hall is  open for business from 8:00a.m. to 5:00pm          each day. 

You may view the agenda by clicking on Agendas and Minutes .

Eatonton at a Glance

• Only municipality within Putnam County with a population of about 7,000
• Provides high level of resident services with no current city property taxes
• Strives to remain an efficient city government by providing continuous training for city staff
• Low city service fees for trash, gas, occupational taxes and alcohol.
• Renovated a historic post office to be city hall without having to implement property taxes
• Rapidly growing art community with a world class auditorium
• Active Historic Preservation Commission for this 200 year old town
• Natural resource recreation include two lakes (Sinclair and Oconee) and the Oconee National Forest
• Police response time of less than 3 minutes
• Well equipped fire department complete with new equipment for all fire fighters, pumpers and ladder trucks and an average response time of 7 minutes
• Only 20 minutes off I-20 east of Atlanta
• Only 45 minutes from I-16 and I-75 north of Macon on US 441 and US 129
• 2 Industrial parks with all utilities
• Home of authors Joel Chandler Harris (Uncle Remus stories), Alice Walker (Color Purple) and Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock
• Home of Horton Homes, Custom Metals, Haband Distribution and Hylite Glass
• Chamber of Commerce style weather, warm sultry summers and mild winters

Come join us from a slower southern life pace with big city convenience just an hour or less away!

COMPREHENSIVE LONG RANGE PLAN 

On August 20, 2007 the City Council of Eatonton

adopted the Comprehensive Long Range Plan for

the City

Click here to view the COMMUNITY AGENDA, Eatonton's and Putnam County's new Comprehensive Plan

and the

Service Delivery Strategy for Eatonton and Putnam County 2007

2011 budget as adopted

click here to view the City's 2011 budget  

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