Coweta County Board of Commissioners - Work Session, June 11, 2026
Decided: Proposed Data Center Operator Ordinance and Authority
What happened
On June 11, 2026, Coweta County acted on Proposed Data Center Operator Ordinance and Authority.
This was a Coweta County Board of Commissioners work session with no votes taken on substantive matters; the primary discussions were the draft FY2027 budget, a proposed data center operator ordinance/authority (which the board declined to pursue on legal-enforceability grounds),…
- Jurisdiction
- Coweta County, GA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- June 11, 2026
- Decisions
- 4 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Decided
Free sample: decision 1 of 4
FY2027 Draft Budget Presentation
County Manager's office presented the preliminary FY2027 general fund and special service district budget, roughly a $20 million difference year-over-year. Includes $10.9M FLOST sales tax offsetting property taxes (only 6 months allowed per Senate Bill 33), $4M new asphalt/road maintenance line in operating budget, 15% healthcare cost increase, 3% COLA, $2M debt service for government center and animal adoption center, $1.6M additional personnel. No vote taken (work session).
The other decisions are listed below. Available full write-ups and conditions are included with Pro.
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Key Decisions (4)
FY2027 Draft Budget Presentation
Proposed Data Center Operator Ordinance and Authority
Potential Data Center Moratorium
Intergovernmental Agreement Amendment - Sharpsburg Sewer
Full write-ups and conditions for all 4 decisions in Pro.
Development Activity (11)
Madras Connector Phase One
Infrastructure
Southwest Connector Project
Infrastructure
Shaw Connector Project
Infrastructure
Gordon Road Project
Infrastructure
7 additional development records with full detail in Pro.
Market Signals (6)
Housing Demand
County projects ~2.5% new growth in the tax digest from…
Infrastructure
Road resurfacing costs rose sharply, from ~$255K/mile in 2021 to…
Infrastructure
Coweta Water and Sewer Authority expanded Shenandoah WWTP to 6…
3 additional market signals with full detail in Pro.
Who spoke
19 distinct speakers; 12 identified names.
All speaker roles: 7 Witness, 1 Unknown, 4 Commissioner, 1 Chair, 5 Staff, 1 Attorney.
Identified name roles: 6 Witness, 2 Commissioner, 3 Staff, 1 Attorney.
Speaker sample: Michael Fouts, Staff.
11 more identified names in Pro: 6 Witness, 2 Commissioner, 2 Staff, 1 Attorney.
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Meeting audio
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Zoning terms (10)
62 recorded timestamps
- residential (14 timestamps)
- public hearing (7 timestamps)
- approved (7 timestamps)
- commercial (7 timestamps)
- subdivision (2 timestamps)
- industrial (6 timestamps)
Decision moments (4)
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