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Cumming council rejects annexation for Forsyth County administration center, cites state law risk
Summary
City leaders in Cumming pushed back on a county request to annex a new Forsyth County administration center built outside the city, citing state case law and warning that county actions taken off the county seat could be legally vulnerable.
Mayor Troy Brimbolow told the City of Cumming council that the city would not annex Forsyth County's new administration center and rejected suggestions that the city had extorted the county. "The answer is hell no," Mayor Troy Brimbolow said when asked whether the city would annex the property so the county could hold official business there.
The dispute centers on a draft intergovernmental agreement (IGA) sent from the Forsyth County attorney's office that would permit the county's new building on Freedom Parkway to be annexed into Cumming. Phil Higgins, Cumming's city administrator, said the county first raised the annexation idea during a November 12 meeting and that county staff later provided a draft IGA and increased…
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